Ronsard and Du Bellay are the two most important names of the 'Pléiade'. The followers of R., through the Italian school introduced the 'classical' style of verse into England. 'The English poets also read Du Bellay, who finally established the sonnet and at the same time served as a pattern for English writers. One writer of the Ronsardist School, Du Bartas, was a writer of real religious conviction, and his "Semaine" or "Week of Creation", translated by Sylvester, gained no small currency in England'.
ROUSSEAU, JEAN JACQUES. b. 1712, d. 1778. Philosopher and eminent writer.
THE CONFESSIONS OF J. J. ROUSSEAU (Six books only) with the reverie of a solitary walker. (1766-). Tr. 1783.
Complete Edition (12 books and letters). Tr. 1790.
ELOISA: a series of original letters. (1760.) Tr. 1761.
EMILIUS; or AN ESSAY ON EDUCATION. (1762.) Tr. by Mr. Nugent, 1763.
A DISCOURSE TO WHICH THE PRIZE WAS ADJUDGED BY THE ACADEMY OF DIJON ... on this question ... whether the re-establishment of Arts and Sciences has contributed to purify our morals (1749). Tr. by R. Wynne, 1752.
DISCOURSE ON THE ORIGIN AND FOUNDATIONS OF THE INEQUALITY OF MANKIND. (1753.) 1762.
LETTERS ON THE ELEMENTS OF BOTANY. Tr. by Thos. Martyn. (1766.) 1785.
MISCELLANEOUS WORKS. Tr. 1767.