MARIN LE ROY DE GOMBERVILLE
\məɹˈɪn lə ɹˈɔ͡ɪ də ɡˈɒməvˌɪl], \məɹˈɪn lə ɹˈɔɪ də ɡˈɒməvˌɪl], \m_ə_ɹ_ˈɪ_n l_ə_ ɹ_ˈɔɪ d_ə ɡ_ˈɒ_m_ə_v_ˌɪ_l]\
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A French romancer and poet, and one of the original members of the French Academy; born in Paris (?) in 1599 or 1600; died there, June 14, 1674. At 14 he brought out a volume of poems, some of them above the current level of popular verse. At 20 he plunged into the writing of interminable and extravagant romances, which won unmerited admiration. "Polexandre" is the only one now valued,-to this he wrote a sequel, and projected a sequel to this sequel. A sonnet on the "Blessed Sacrament" attained celebrity; and his "Discourse on the Merits and Defects of History and the Method of Writing it Well" was extensively quoted by contemporary authors. His Latin poems and his philosophical works are alike preposterous.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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