Nicolas-Charles-Joseph Trublet
Encyclopedia
Nicolas Charles Joseph Trublet (Saint-Malo
, 4 December 1697 - Saint-Malo, 14 March 1770) was a French churchman and moralist, best known for his clash with Voltaire
, whose La Henriade he critiqued.
Saint-Malo
Saint-Malo is a walled port city in Brittany in northwestern France on the English Channel. It is a sub-prefecture of the Ille-et-Vilaine.-Demographics:The population can increase to up to 200,000 in the summer tourist season...
, 4 December 1697 - Saint-Malo, 14 March 1770) was a French churchman and moralist, best known for his clash with Voltaire
Voltaire
François-Marie Arouet , better known by the pen name Voltaire , was a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher famous for his wit and for his advocacy of civil liberties, including freedom of religion, free trade and separation of church and state...
, whose La Henriade he critiqued.
Works
- Réflexions sur TélémaqueLes Aventures de TélémaqueLes aventures de Télémaque was a didactic French novel by Fénelon, Archbishop of Cambrai and tutor to the seven-year-old Duc de Bourgogne . It was published anonymously in 1699 and reissued in 1717 by his family...
(1717) - Essais sur divers sujets de littérature et de morale (1735). Édition en 2 volumes : 1749. Édition en 4 volumes : 1754-60. Réédition : Slatkine, Genève, 1968.
- Panégyriques des saints, précédés de Réflexions sur l'éloquence en général, et sur celle de la chaire en particulier (1755)
- Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire de la vie et des ouvrages de M. de Fontenelle, tirés du « Mercure de FranceMercure de FranceThe Mercure de France was originally a French gazette and literary magazine first published in the 17th century, but after several incarnations has evolved as a publisher, and is now part of the Éditions Gallimard publishing group....
», 1756, 1757 et 1758 (1759) - Un journal de la vie littéraire au XVIIIe siècle : La correspondance de l'Abbé Trublet, documents inédits sur Voltaire, La Beaumelle, Malesherbes, Fontenelle, Mme Geoffrin, La Condamine, etc. (1926)