Béroalde de Verville

Philippe Baillargeon (University of Massachusetts Amherst)

Ed. by Robert J. Hudson, Brigham Young University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.02: French Writing and Culture in the Renaissance, 1400-1600.
Vol. editors: Robert J. Hudson (Brigham Young University), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), Phillip John Usher (New York University), David Williams (University of Sheffield)

Dates

Born 27 Apr 1556
Died Oct 1626

Places

Born in France
Active in France

Activities

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Poet
Prose writer

Resources

Verville's Works

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François Béroalde de Verville (1556–1626) is primarily known as the author of the infamous novel

Le Moyen de parvenir

[The Way to Succeed], although the original edition of the book did not display a name of author, a publication date, or publisher. Additionally, Béroalde denied having played any role in writing the infamous text in another one of his works titled

Le Palais des curieux

[The Palace of the Curious] published in 1612. This explains the reasons for the various erroneous attributions of the

Moyen de parvenir

through the years. The book was attributed to Henri Estienne, to Matthieu Brouard, aka Béroalde (François’ own father), to Agrippa D’Aubigné (a fellow student of Béroalde and one of his father’s pupils), and to Rabelais himself, amongst many others. We now…

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Citation: Baillargeon, Philippe. "Béroalde de Verville". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 31 March 2023 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=13094, accessed 24 April 2024.]

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