Grands Rhétoriqueurs
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The Grands Rhétoriqueurs or simply the "Rhétoriqueurs" is the name given to a group of poets from 1460 to 1520 working in Northern France, Flanders and the Duchy of Burgundy whose ostentatious poetic production was dominated by an extremely rich rhyme scheme and experimentation with assonance and puns and experimentation with typography and the graphic use of letters, including the creation of verbal rebuses. The group is also credited with promoting alternation between "masculine" rhymes and "feminine" rhymes.
Poets considered "Grands Rhétoriqueurs" include:
⁕Georges Chastellain
⁕Jean Molinet
⁕Jean Marot father of Clément Marot
⁕Jean Meschinot
⁕Jean Robertet
⁕Guillaume Crétin
⁕Jean Lemaire de Belges
⁕Jean Bouchet
⁕André de La Vigne
⁕Octavien de Saint-Gelays
⁕Jean d'Auton
⁕Pierre Gringoire
The following poets are sometimes also grouped with the rhétoriqueurs:
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