Malherbe

[ mal-erb ]

/ malˈɛrb /

Fran·çois de

[frahn-swa duh] /frɑ̃ˈswa də/,1555–1628, French poet and critic.

Example sentences from the Web for malherbe

Malherbe, as has been said, was appointed "the official poet of the Bourbon dynasty."

Aspects and Impressions |Edmund Gosse
The whole body of his oppression was not so paralysing as the iron little finger of Malherbe and his school of "classic" despots.

Holbein |Beatrice Fortescue
Cardinal du Perron, Malherbe's introducer at court, was himself a poet of merit, but rather in the Pléiade style.

A Short History of French Literature |George Saintsbury
Montaigne praised the navet of the village carols; and Malherbe preferred a rustic chansonnette to all the poems of Ronsard.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 |Various

Malherbe was not a great poet, but he was a great man, and he is worthy of our close consideration.

Aspects and Impressions |Edmund Gosse

Malherbe

/ (French malɛrb) /

François de (frɑ̃swa də). 1555–1628, French poet and critic. He advocated the classical ideals of clarity and concision of meaning