Talks · 29 May 2023Dominique Pagani: From the debauchery of sense to the orgy of sentiment- 18:57A famous eighteenth-century poet, forgotten.
Roucher
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Who is this?Jean-Antoine Roucher (February 22, 1745 - July 25, 1794), was a French poet. Roucher was born in Montpellier, the son of a tailor. His epithalamium on Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette won him the favour of Turgot, and a salt-tax collectorship. His poem, entitled Les Mois, appeared in 1779, was praised in manuscript, but critically lambasted until the 19th century. The malicious wit of Antoine de Rivarol's mot on the critical failure of the poem, "Cest le plus beau naufrage du siècle," reflects the fact that one of the most elaborate passages describes a shipwreck. […]
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Talks · 29 May 2023Dominique Pagani: From the debauchery of sense to the orgy of sentiment
Season 4 · 15 Mar 2018#4.6 Angélique (by Nerval)- 58:19Presumed author of a bombastic line; the eighteenth century is weak in poetry.
Season 3 · 1 Aug 2017#3.2 From Ulysses to Daedalus- 1:01:02A forgotten poet of the 18th century.