Jean de la Fontaine La Fontaine, the most versatile and most widely celebrated nondramatic poet in seventeenth –century France. He has often experienced the misfortune of having the artistry of his works obscured by a host of myths, half-truths, prejudices, and nonaesthetic issues. This great poet, has become a “classic”. His fables, on which his Reputations rests, are part of the literary canon of French writers and are studied in schools. His other works, however, …showed first 75 words of 1396 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1396 total…falling gravely ill while returning home from an assembly of the Académie Française. (Sweetser. pg. 58) Work Cited Carter, Hodding, The New Book of Knowledge volume 11 1994, Grolier Inc. Danbury, Connecticut “La Fontaine”, Encarta Encyclopedia, Encarta Publishing 1995, IBM, CD-ROM. Mackay, Agnes Ethel, La Fontaine and His Friends 1972, George Braziller, New York Sweetser, Marie-Odile, La Fontaine 1987, Twayne Publishers, Boston http://localhost:1234/hlpa…/Fontaine.htm&ht=jean+de+la+Fontaine&methode=get&raqdata, April 16, 2000, MSN Internet Access