Jean-Jacques Bouchard (30 October 1606, in Paris – 26 August 1641, in Rome) was a French writer. He was the son of Jean Bouchard, Secretary of the King, and Claude Merceron, a relation of
Gilles Ménage
Gilles Ménage (; 15 August 1613 – 23 July 1692) was a French scholar.
Biography
He was born at Angers, the son of Guillaume Ménage, king's advocate at Angers. A good memory and enthusiasm for learning carried him quickly through his lite ...
, from a recently ennobled family composed of judges.
[Emanuele Kanceff, "Introduction" of the ''Journal'' by Bouchard, Turin, Giappichelli, 1976, p. IX] Bouchard was an author of
erotic literature
Erotic literature comprises fictional and factual stories and accounts of eros (concept), eros (passionate, romantic or sexual relationships) intended to arouse similar feelings in readers. This contrasts erotica, which focuses more specifically ...
and notably published ''Confessions''.
Main works
* ''La Conjuration du comte de Fiesque, traduite de l'italien du
Sgr Mascardi par le Sr de Fontenay Sainte-Geneviève et dédiée à Monseigneur l'Éminentissime Cardinal Duc de Richelieu'', Paris, 1639
* ''Journal I Les confessions; Voyage de Paris à Rome; Le carnaval à Rome'', works by Jean-Jacques Bouchard, by Emanuele Kanceff, Turin, Giappichelli, 1976
* ''Journal II Voyage dans le royaume de Naples; Voyage dans la campagne de Rome'', works by Jean-Jacques Bouchard, by Emanuele Kanceff, Turin, Giappichelli, 1977
* ''Confessions'', preceded by "Avez-vous lu Bouchard ?" by
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People
*Saint Patrick (c. 385–c. 461), Christian saint
*Gilla Pátraic (died 1084), Patrick or ...
, Paris, le Promeneur, 2003 ()
Bibliography
* René Pintard, ''Le Libertinage érudit dans la première moitié du XVIIe siècle'', Paris, Boivin, 1943, Slatkine reed., 2000
References
External links
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1606 births
1641 deaths
Writers from Paris
French erotica writers
17th-century French writers
17th-century French male writers