La Pleiade

La Pléiade Poets: Study Guide

La Pléiade was a group of 16th-century French Renaissance poets whose principal members were Pierre de Ronsard, Joachim du Bellay and Jean-Antoine de Baïf. The name was a reference to another literary group, the original Alexandrian Pleiad of seven Alexandrian poets and tragedians (3rd century B.C.), corresponding to the seven stars of the Pleiades star cluster.

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The Text

Pierre de Ronsard Oeuvres poétiques. In modernized French with commentaries.

Les 164 poèmes de Pierre de Ronsard. In modernized French.

Joachim du Bellay Selected Poems, mainly from Les Regrets, and L’Olive augmentée . English translations, no French.

Joachim du Bellay Poems. Only English translations. mypoeticside.com

Background and Summary

La Pléiade

French poetry: Renaissance

Pierre de Ronsard. Wikipedia

Joachim du Bellay. Wikipedia

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