At his instigation, Scudery wrote to the Academy to make them the judges in the dispute.
But, then, the French could match the paste euphuisms of Lyly with the novels of Scudery.
Scudery, brother of the celebrated Mademoiselle Scudery, was a true Parnassian bully.
Scudery might not be so dull were she to take a hint from these smugglers' caves and sliding panels.
Here also, we must look back to the Gothic romances, and to those of Scudery and Calprenede.