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Bonaventure des Périers (c. 1500 – 1544) was a French author.
Biography
He was born of a noble family at
The circumstances of his education are sketchy, but it is known that he was attached to various noble houses in the capacity of tutor. In 1533 or 1534 Des Périers visited
In 1536 he put himself under the protection of
The free discussions permitted at Marguerite's court encouraged a licence of thought as displeasing to the
The dedication provides a key to the author's intention: Thomas du Clevier (or Clenier) a son ami Pierre Tryocan was recognized by 19th century editors to be an anagram for Thomas l'Incrédule a son ami Pierre Croyant (Thomas the Incredulous to Peter the Believer). It is considered by some scholars to be the first atheist book in French literature, though its highly enigmatic nature has led to many other interpretations. The book was reprinted in Lyon in 1538, which made many bitter enemies for the author. Henri Estienne called it detestable, and Étienne Pasquier said it deserved to be thrown into the fire with its author if he were still living.[1]
Des Périers prudently left
In 1558 the collection of stories and fables entitled the Nouvelles récréations et joyeux devis was released in Lyon. It is on this work that the claim put forward for Des Périers as one of the early masters of French prose rests. Some of the tales are attributed to the editors,
Notes
Sources
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Des Périers, Bonaventure". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 8 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 102. This further references:
- The preface to the Cymbalum Mundi ... (ed. F. Franck, 1874)
- A. Chenevière, Bonaventure Despériers, sa vie, ses poésies (1885)
- P. Toldo, Contributo allo studio della novella francese del XV. e XVI. secolo (Rome, 1895).
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
External links
- Les Disciples et amys de Marot contre Sagon, La Hueterie et leurs adherentz available at Gallica
- Cymbalum mundi available at Gallica
- Les Nouvelles récréations et joyeux devis available at Gallica
- Recueil des œuvres de feu Bonaventure des Périers available at Gallica
- Cymbalum mundi, Base Epistemon, Bibliothèques virtuelles humanistes, Université de Tours, 2019. A digitally encoded edition of the only surviving copy of the Paris edition (Jean Morin, 1537)
- La Cymbale du monde, a digital adaptation in Modern French, with annotations, commentary and an extensive bibliography.
Bibliography
- Gabriella Moretti, "Lettere dagli Antipodi: comunicazioni epistolari fantastiche fra Tiberiano e il Cymbalum mundi," in Sergio Audano, Giovanni Cipriani (ed.), Aspetti della Fortuna dell'Antico nella Cultura Europea: atti della settima giornata di studi, Sestri Levante, 19 marzo 2010 (Foggia: Edizioni il Castello, 2011) (Echo, 1), 77–97.