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L. (Louis) Becq de Fouquières
1831–1887
A 19th-century French man of letters who moved from a military path into literary scholarship, he is remembered for editing and studying major French poets and for writing on verse, diction, and reading aloud.
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L'art de la mise en scène: Essai d'esthétique théâtrale
by L. (Louis) Becq de Fouquières
About the author
Born in Paris on December 17, 1831, Louis Aimé Victor Becq de Fouquières came from a family with roots in the Pas-de-Calais. He left behind a military career and built a reputation as a French man of letters, combining literary history, criticism, and close editorial work.
He became especially known for his critical editions of André Chénier, and he also published selections from Renaissance and classical French poets including Pierre de Ronsard, François de Malherbe, and Jean Antoine de Baïf. His writing shows a strong interest in how French poetry works on the page and in the voice.
Becq de Fouquières also wrote books on French versification and on diction and reading aloud, which helps explain why he still appears in library catalogs and historical studies of French literature. He died in Paris on October 22, 1887.