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Byname:
La Maison-neuve
Born:
1492?, Paris
Died:
1568, Digne, Fr.
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Antoine Héroët

French poet
Also known as: La Maison-Neuve
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Antoine Héroët (born 1492?, Paris—died 1568, Digne, Fr.) was a Renaissance court poet whose works are representative of the amalgam of Platonism and Christian humanism that produced the modern concept of Platonic love.

A member of the court surrounding Margaret of Angoulême, sister of Francis I and later queen of Navarre, Héroët is chiefly known for his La Parfaicte Amye (1542), a subtle, mystical monologue exalting as man’s ultimate happiness a love in which the perfect lover seeks spiritual union with his lady. The poem was written as a reply to the cynical L’Amye de court by Bertrand de La Borderie, which ridiculed the superficial attitudes of women at court. Héroët imitated Plato’s Symposium in explaining the mystery of the origin of love in his poem L’Androgyne (written 1536; published 1542).

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