III. _Age of Transition_

MALHERBE, 1555-1628.
_Odes_, 1607-28.

HARDY, 1570-1631 (_circa_).
_Tragedies_, 1593-1630.

ACADEMY, founded 1629.

CORNEILLE, 1606-84.
_Le Cid_, 1636.
_Les Horaces_, 1640.
_Cinna_, 1640.
_Polyeucte_, 1643.

PASCAL, 1623-62.
_Lettres Provinciales_, 1656-57.
_Pensées_, first edition 1670, first complete edition 1844.


IV. _Age of Louis XIV_

MOLIÈRE, 1622-73.
_Les Précieuses Ridicules_, 1659.
_L'École des Femmes_, 1662.
_Tartufe_, 1664.
_Le Misanthrope_, 1666.