Jean Michel (poet)
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Jean Michel (c. 1435–1501) was a French dramatic poet of the fifteenth century known for revising and enlarging the
Besides his contributions to Gréban's Passion, Jean Michel composed another mystery, a Resurrection, which was played at Angers on the occasion of King René's visit to that city. Jean Michel has not the dryness of his predecessor; on the other hand he lacks his accuracy. He incorporates into his mysteries the most extravagant legends and the fantastic information found in the apocryphal writers. He delights in pictures of low city life in the fifteenth century, and his language is often realistic in the extreme.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Jean Michel". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.