The Art of Elegance: How Classicism Defined French Literary Style
When Writing Had to Be as Graceful as a Courtly Bow Imagine living in 17th-century France. The wigs are tall, the etiquette is stricter than a royal decree, and literature? It must be elegant, refined, and perfectly balanced—like a Versailles fountain. Welcome to the age of Classicism, where French writers followed rules more strictly than…