Pierre de Ronsard (1524–1585)
Author of Les Amours
About the Author
Ronsard is one of the principal originators of European poetic tradition as it has existed since the Renaissance. Dissatisfied with native French poetic models, and taken with the example of Greek, Latin, and Italian poetry, he set about to make a French poetry that would rival the poetry of the show more ancients. He was the first to imitate systematically forms such as the ode, the sonnet, the epic, the eclogue, and the elegy. He attracted a circle of sympathetic poets; since the group amounted to seven, they called themselves the Pleiade, after the seven-starred constellation. Their professed aim was to build a poetic tradition based on classical (Greek and Roman) or Italian models, instead of medieval French forms. Their manifesto was an essay by Joachim du Bellay called "Defense et illustration de la langue francaise," the first significant work of French literary criticism. Of Ronsard's large and varied literary works (including his lyric odes, his Amours or love poems addressed to Cassandre, and his Sonnets pour Helene, a new series of love poems), the best known are his sonnets, rich in image and delicate of construction. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Series
Works by Pierre de Ronsard
Oeuvres choisies 7 copies
Pierre de Ronsard. Oeuvres poétiques : . Choisies et présentées par Maurice Toesca. Préface… (1963) 2 copies
Oeuvres completes de ronsard t. 8 2 copies
Oeuvres complètes, tome 11 : Discours des misères et autres pièces politiques, 1562-1563 (2012) 2 copies
Oeuvres complètes : 1 2 copies
Poésies choisies. 1 2 copies
Poésies choisies. Recueillies sur un plan nouveau par Pierre de NOLHAC. (Collection des classiques Garnier.) (1924) 1 copy
Oeuvres poétiques 1 copy
Selected Poems 1 copy
Les Amours de Cassandre 1 copy
Poésies choisies, I, II 1 copy
Poésies Choisies 1 copy
Poezje 1 copy
Mignonne allons voir si la rose et autres poèmes: suivi d'un parcours sur la poésie amoureuse (Classiques & Cie… (2018) 1 copy
Oeuvres complètes 2 1 copy
Poezje : wybór 1 copy
Oeuvres complètes tome VIII : les hymnes de 1555 - le second livre des hymnes de 1556 - édition critique avec… (1973) 1 copy
Oeuvres completes XVII:1 1 copy
Amour et odes 1 copy
Les Oeuvres 1 copy
Lyrique & Amoureux 1 copy
Oeuvres completes XX 1 copy
Oeuvres completes XVIII:2 1 copy
Oeuvres completes XVIII:1 1 copy
Oeuvres completes XVII:3 1 copy
Oeuvres completes XVII:2 1 copy
Odes, Elegies, Sonnets 1 copy
Poésies 1 copy
La bouquinade et autres gaillardises. Textes conformes aux éditions originales, ou collationnés sur les… (2011) 1 copy
Choix de Poésies 1 copy
Livret de folastries 1 copy
Ronsard Poèmes 1 copy
Poésies de Ronsard 1 copy
Amours de Cassandre 1 copy
Pomes 1 copy
SONETOS PARA HELENA 1 copy
Les odes 1 copy
Choix de Sonnets 1 copy
Oeuvres completes VIII. Les Hymnes de 1555. Le second livre des Hymnes de 1556. Edition critique avec introduction et… (1935) 1 copy
Œuvres poétiques. Avec une notice biographique, une notice historique et littéraire, un index, un… 1 copy
Les élégies 1 copy
Oeuvres Choisies de P. de Ronsard: Avec Notice, Notes Et Commentaires (Classic Reprint) (French Edition) (2017) 1 copy
Oeuvres choisies de Pierre de Ronsard, avec notice, notes et commentaires par C.-A. Sainte-Beuve 1 copy
Oeuvres complètes de Ronsard. Texte de 1578, publié avec compléments, tables et glossaire, par Hugues Vaganay, avec… (1982) 1 copy
LYRIQUE & AMOUREUX 1 copy
Oeuvres complètes, tome 10 1 copy
Oeuvres complètes, tome 9 1 copy
Poésies 1 copy
Livret de folastries : A lanot Parisien. Plus, quelques Epigrames grecs : & des Dithyrambes chantés au Bouc de E.… — Author — 1 copy
Livret de folastries à Janot parisien: Édition conforme au texte original de 1553, collationnée… (1920) 1 copy
Mignonne allons voir si la rose et autres poèmes : suivi d une anthologie sur la poésie amoureuse 1 copy
Œuvres complètes de Ronsard 1 copy
Oeuvres complètes 1 copy
Poésies choisies de Ronsard 1 copy
Pierre de Ronsard. Oeuvres complètes : . IX. Opuscules de 1558-1559. Édition critique avec introduction… (1937) 1 copy
Oeuvres completes XIX 1 copy
Oeuvres completes II-III 1 copy
Oeuvres completes XVI 1 copy
Oeuvres completes XV 1 copy
Oeuvres completes XIII-XIV 1 copy
Oeuvres completes XI-XII 1 copy
Oeuvres completes X 1 copy
Oeuvres completes IX 1 copy
Oeuvres completes VIII 1 copy
Oeuvres completes VII 1 copy
Oeuvres completes VI 1 copy
Oeuvres completes V 1 copy
Oeuvres completes IV 1 copy
Associated Works
The Middle Ages to the 17th Century: Literature of the Western World (1961) — Contributor, some editions — 23 copies
Sunlight on the River: Poems About Paintings, Paintings About Poems (2015) — Contributor — 10 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Ronsard, Pierre de
- Legal name
- Ronsard, Pierre de
- Birthdate
- 1525-09-11
- Date of death
- 1585-12-27
- Burial location
- La Riche, Indre et Loire, France
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- France
- Birthplace
- Couture-sur-Loir, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, Frankrijk
- Places of residence
- La Possonniere, France (birth)
Saint-Cosme, France (death) - Education
- Collège de Navarre, Paris
- Occupations
- poet
- Organizations
- La Pleiade
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- Works
- 140
- Also by
- 7
- Members
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- Popularity
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- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
- 6
- ISBNs
- 78
- Languages
- 10
- Favorited
- 7
The selections seem to cover most aspects of Ronsards poetry. There are of course examples from his three Livres de Amours, odes and elegies, however what I found most fascinating were selections from his hymns. These cover Ronsards view on his inpiration, his fame, his place in history etc, however in Les Daimons he speaks of the popularly held belief in the sphere of the demons and how they influence peoples lives on earth. There are extracts from the political poems and finally poems dictated when he was on his death bed.
The selection leads you to want to read more as you appreciate Ronsards scope and breadth. He could be bawdy, fair minded, political and he wrote some beautiful lyrical poetry. He also had a wicked sense of humour. A brilliant mind and well represented in these poems. 4 stars.… (more)