Men's Literary Circles in Paris 1610–1660

Abstract

Although there is no doubt that the French Academy grew out of the meetings at Conrart's home, the fact that its origin has been claimed by two or three other groups shows the widespread vogue of these gatherings at the time of its foundation in 1634. Their importance is manifest in all the satires, poems, and novels of the time—such as Francion (1623), Le Berger Extravagant (1627), and Camus, Bishop of Belley's Alcime (1625). Consciously modeled on that of Baïf, these académies seem to have flourished in unbroken succession since the days of the Pléiade.

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