Claude Joseph Dorat
Encyclopedia
Claude Joseph Dorat was a French
writer, also known as Le Chevalier Dorat.
He was born in Paris
, of a family consisting of generations of lawyer
s, and he joined the corps of the kings musket
eers. He became fashionable for his work, Réponse d'Abélard à Héloise ("Abelard's Answer to Heloise
"), and followed up this first success with a number of heroic epistles, Les Victimes de l'amour, ou lettres de quelques amants célébres (1776) ("Victims of Love, or Letters from some famous lovers").
Besides light verse he wrote comedies, fables and, among other novels, Les Sacrifices de lamour, ou lettres de la vicomtesse de Senanges et du chevalier de Versenay (1771). He tried to cover his failures as a dramatist by buying up large numbers of seats for performances, and his books were lavishly illustrated by good artists and expensively produced, in order to secure their success. Nevertheless, he managed to attract hatred both of the philosophe party as well as of their arch-enemy, Charles Palissot, and thus cut himself off from the possibility of academic honours. Le Tartufe littéraire (1774) attacked La Harpe
and Palissot, and at the same time D'Alembert
and Mlle de Lespinasse
.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
writer, also known as Le Chevalier Dorat.
He was born in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, of a family consisting of generations of lawyer
Lawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
s, and he joined the corps of the kings musket
Musket
A musket is a muzzle-loaded, smooth bore long gun, fired from the shoulder. Muskets were designed for use by infantry. A soldier armed with a musket had the designation musketman or musketeer....
eers. He became fashionable for his work, Réponse d'Abélard à Héloise ("Abelard's Answer to Heloise
Heloise (student of Abelard)
Héloïse d’Argenteuil was a French nun, writer, scholar, and abbess, best known for her love affair and correspondence with Peter Abélard.- Background :...
"), and followed up this first success with a number of heroic epistles, Les Victimes de l'amour, ou lettres de quelques amants célébres (1776) ("Victims of Love, or Letters from some famous lovers").
Besides light verse he wrote comedies, fables and, among other novels, Les Sacrifices de lamour, ou lettres de la vicomtesse de Senanges et du chevalier de Versenay (1771). He tried to cover his failures as a dramatist by buying up large numbers of seats for performances, and his books were lavishly illustrated by good artists and expensively produced, in order to secure their success. Nevertheless, he managed to attract hatred both of the philosophe party as well as of their arch-enemy, Charles Palissot, and thus cut himself off from the possibility of academic honours. Le Tartufe littéraire (1774) attacked La Harpe
Jean-François de La Harpe
Jean-François de La Harpe was a French playwright, writer and critic.-Life:La Harpe was born in Paris of poor parents. His father, who signed himself Delharpe, was a descendant of a noble family originally of Vaud...
and Palissot, and at the same time D'Alembert
Jean le Rond d'Alembert
Jean-Baptiste le Rond d'Alembert was a French mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher, and music theorist. He was also co-editor with Denis Diderot of the Encyclopédie...
and Mlle de Lespinasse
Jeanne Julie Eleonore de Lespinasse
Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse owned a prominent salon in France.-Early life:She was born in Lyon, an illegitimate child of the comtesse d'Albon, but was brought up as the daughter of Claude Lespinasse of Lyon...
.
Gallery
External links
- http://gallica2.bnf.fr/Search?n=10&p=1&lang=en&adva=1&adv=1&reset=&ope1=MUST&catsel1=f_creator&cat1=Dorat%2C+Claude-Joseph&catpar1=tou&ope2=MUST&catsel2=f_title&cat2=&catpar2=tou&ope3=MUST&catsel3=f_content&cat3=&catpar3=tou&ope4=MUST&catsel4=f_tdm&cat4=&catpar4=tou&ope5=MUST&catsel5=f_metadata&cat5=&catpar5=tou&date=daEx&daFr=&toutesLangues=toutes&tousTypes=tous&toutTheme=Tous&allAccessType=Tous&allProvenances=Tous&sel_provenance=toutSNE&tri=Books and documents by Claude Joseph Dorat] at Gallica