1660 - Literature
Literature
Fiction: Confession catholique du sieur de Sancy by the late Théodore-Agrippa d'Aubigné parodies the lame explanations offered by Protestants who followed the late Henri IV's abjuration in 1593.
Poetry: Satires by French poet Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, 23, who antagonizes many bad writers by naming them (he ridicules the novels of Madeleine de Scudéry, which are immensely popular).
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