See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

PAUL See also:

• PAUL SCARRON (1610-166o)

SCARRON (1610-166o)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French poet, dramatist, novelist and See also:

• HUSBAND

husband of Madame de See also:

• MAINTENON

Maintenon, was baptized on the 4th of See also:

• JULY

July 1610 . His See also:

• FATHER

father, of the same name, was a member of the See also:

• PARLEMENT (see PARLIAMENT)

parlement of See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris . See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul the younger became an See also:

• ABBE (Serbo-Croatian Rai))

abbe when he was nineteen, and in 1633 entered the service of See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles de See also:

• BEAUMANOIR
• BEAUMANOIR, PHILIPPE DE REMI, SIRE DE (c. 1250-1296)

Beaumanoir, See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of Le Mans, with whom he travelled to See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome in 1635 . Finding a See also:

• PATRON

patron in See also:

• MARIE

Marie de Hautefort, he became a well-known figure in See also:

• LITERARY

literary and See also:

• FASHION (adapted from Fr. facon, agon, Lat. factio, making, facere, to do or make)

fashion-able society . An improbable See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story is told on the authority of La Beaumelle (Memoires . . de Mme de Maintenon) that—when in See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence at his canonry of Le Mans—he once tarred and feathered himself as a See also:

• CARNIVAL (Med. Lat. carnelevarium, from taro, tarns, flesh, and levare, to lighten or put aside; the derivation from valere, to say farewell, is unsupported)

carnival freak and, being obliged to take See also:

• REFUGE

refuge from popular wrath in a swamp, was crippled from See also:

• RHEUMATISM (from Gr. /56µa, flux)

rheumatism . What is certain is that See also:

• SCARRON, PAUL (1610-166o)

Scarron, after having been in perfect See also:

• HEALTH

health for nearly See also:

• THIRTY

thirty years, passed twenty more in a See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of miserable deformity and See also:

• PAIN (from Lat. poena, Gr. robin, penalty, that which must be paid: O. Fr. peine)
• PAIN, BARRY (1867– )

pain . His See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head and See also:

• BODY

body were See also:

• TWISTED

twisted, and his legs became useless . He See also:

• BORE

bore up against his sufferings with invincible courage, though his circumstances were further complicated by a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of lawsuits with his step-See also:

• MOTHER

mother over his father's See also:

• PROPERTY

property, and by the poverty and misconduct of his sisters, whom he supported . Scarron returned to Paris in 164o, and in 1643 appeared a Recueil de quelques vers burlesques, and in the next See also:

• YEAR

year See also:

• TYPHON (TYPHAON, TYPHOEUS)

Typhon ou la gigantomachie . At Le Mans he had conceived the See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman comique, the first See also:

• PART

part of which was printed in 1651 . In 1645 was performed the See also:

• COMEDY

comedy of Jodelet, ou le maitre See also:

• VALET (Fr. valet; O. Fr. vaslet)

valet, the name of which was derived from the actor who took the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal "part .

Jodelet was the first of many French plays in which the See also:

• HUMOUR (Latin humor)

humour depends on the valet who takes the part of See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master, an idea that Scarron borrowed from the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish . After a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short visit to Le Mans in 1646, he returned to Paris, and worked hard for the bookseller See also:

• QUINET, EDGAR (1803-1875)

Quinet, calling his See also:

• WORKS

works his " marquisat de Quinet." He had also a See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension from See also:

• FOUQUET (or FOUCQUET), NICOLAS (1615-168o)

Fouquet, and one from the See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen, which was withdrawn because he was suspected of Frondeur sentiments . When See also:

• MAZARIN, JULES (1602-1661)

Mazarin received the See also:

• DEDICATION (Lat. dedicatio, from dedicare, to proclaim, to announce)

dedication of Typhon coldly, Scarron changed it to a See also:

• BURLESQUE (Ital. burlesco, from burla, a joke, fun, playful trick)

burlesque on the See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister . In 1651 he definitely took the See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the See also:

• FRONDE, THE

Fronde in a Mazarinade, a violent pamphlet . He now had no resources but his " marquisat." In his See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early years he had been something of a libertine . In 1649 a penniless See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

lady of See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• FAMILY

family, See also:

• CELESTE, MADAME (1815–1882)

Celeste Palaiseau, kept his See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house in the See also:

• RUE (Fr. rue, Lat. ruta, from Gr. pur)

Rue d'Enfer, and tried to reform the See also:

• GAY, JOHN (1685-1732)
• GAY, MARIE FRANCOISE SOPHIE (1776-1852)
• GAY, WALTER (1856– )

gay See also:

• COMPANY

company which assembled there . But in 1652, sixteen years after he had become almost entirely paralysed, he married a girl of much beauty and no See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune, Frangoise d'See also:

• AUBIGNE, CONSTANT
• AUBIGNE, JEAN HENRI MERLE
• AUBIGNE, THEODORE AGRIPPA

Aubigne, afterwards famous as Madame de Maintenon (q.v.) . Scarron had See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long been able to endure See also:

• LIFE

life only by the aid of See also:

• CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant doses of See also:

• OPIUM (Gr. amov, dim. from Orbs, juice)

opium, and he died on the 6th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 166o . Scarron's See also:

• WORK

work is very abundant and very unequal . The piece most famous in his own See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day, his Virgile See also:

• TRAVESTY (Fr. travestie, from travestir, to disguise, se travestir, to change one's clothes; Lat. trans, across, and vestire, to clothe)

travesty (1648–1653), is now thought a somewhat ignoble See also:

• WASTE (O. Fr. wast, guast, gast, gaste; Lat. vastus, vast, desolate)

waste of singular See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers for burlesque . But the Roman comique (1651–1657) is a work the merit of which is denied by no competent See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge . Unfinished, and a little desultory, this See also:

• HISTORY

history of a See also:

• TROOP (an adaptation of Fr. troupe, O. Fr. trope; cf. Ital. troppa, troppa; Med. Lat. truppus; the origin is doubtful; suggestions have been made that it represents a German conception of Latin turba, crowd, or is an adaptation of Norw. tarp, flock)

troop of strolling actors is almost the first French novel, in point of date, which shows real See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of See also:

• PAINTING

painting See also:

• MANNERS, CHARLES (1857– )

manners and See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, and is singularly vivid .

It is in the See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style of the Spanish See also:

• PICARESQUE

picaresque See also:

• ROMANCE

romance, and furnished See also:

• THEOPHILE

Theophile See also:

• GAUTIER
• GAUTIER, EMILE THEODORE LEON (1832-1897)
• GAUTIER, THEOPHILE (1811-1872)

Gautier with the idea and with some of the details of his Capitaine Fracasse . Scarron also wrote some shorter novels: La Precaution inutile, which inspired See also:

• SEDAINE, MICHEL JEAN (1719-1797)

Sedaine's Gageure imprevue; See also:

• LES

Les Hypocrites, to which Tartuffe owes something, and others . Of his plays Jodelet (1645) and See also:

• DON
• DON (anc. Tanais)

Don Japhet d'Armenie (1653) are the best . The most See also:

• COMPLETE

complete edition of his works is by La Martiniere, 1737 (10 vols., See also:

• AMSTERDAM
• AMSTERDAM (NEw AMSTERDAM)

Amsterdam) . The Roman comique and the Eneide travestie were edited by See also:

• VICTOR
• VICTOR, GAIUS JULIUS (4th cent. A.D.)
• VICTOR, SEXTUS AURELIUS

Victor Fournel in 1857 and 1858 . Among the contemporary notices of Scarron, that contained in the Historiettes of See also:

• TALLEMANT, GEDEON, SIEUR DES REAUX (1619—1692)

Tallemant See also:

• DES

des Reaux is the most accurate . The most important See also:

• MODERN

modern works on the subject are Scarron et le genre burlesque (1888) by Paul Morillot; a See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

biography by J . J . See also:

• JUSSERAND, JEAN ADRIEN ANTOINE JULES (1855- )

Jusserand in See also:

• ENGLISH

English, prefixed to his edition of The Comical Romance and other tales by Paul Scarron, done into English by Tom See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

Brown of See also:

• SHIFNAL, or SHIFENAL

Shifnal, See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• SAVAGE
• SAVAGE, MINOT JUDSON (1841– )
• SAVAGE, RICHARD (d. 1743)

Savage and others (2 vols., 1892); and Paul Scarron et Francoise d'Aubigne d'apres des documents nouveaux (1894) by A. de Boislisle .