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François du Souhait

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343:, although Du Souhait differs from these authors both in his content (he paints a far less idealized portrait of love and includes occasional satirical/realistic elements) and in his sometimes awkward style (especially in his "tit-for-tat" gallant dialogues). Like these other authors, in his later works Du Souhait moved away from the sentimental toward the longer adventurous novel with pastoral elements. Du Souhait's ear for oral discourse and his satirical side are most apparent in his short story collection 414: 335:, and several works of moral and didactic philosophy. Of his seven novels, only his first two seem to have had a certain commercial success (four editions each, both in Paris and Lyon). As a novelist, Du Souhait's early works participated in the same tradition of the "sentimental novel" as authors 306:
and Je(h)an de Bassompierre. Du Souhait lived for many years in France, but he was apparently banished in 1614 for having contributed to a scabrous satirical poetry collection. One biographer (Jean Serroy) believes that while in France Du Souhait frequented the literary circle around
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Le Romant de Gloriande, ou suitte du roman d’Anacrine, où sont continuees les Histoires du premier volume: Avec plusieurs autres nouvelles et force belles avantures
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Du Souhait was the author of seven novels, a collection of short stories (for which he is today most well-known), a collection of poems, a
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author (translator, novelist, poet, satirist, moral philosopher) of the late 16th and early 17th century from the
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Les Proprietez d'amour et les propretez des amans, contenant une histoire des amours de Filine et de Polymante
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Le Romant d’Anacrine, où sont representes plusieurs Combats, Histoires veritables & Amoureuses
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Les Chastes Destinees de Cloris ou le Roman des histoires de ce temps
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François du Souhait was born to a noble family in the
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