Un Barrage Contre Le Pacifique Autofiction

vitality which mirrors his confidence in the final victory of God over the world, the flesh and the devil. The baroque themes of life’s transience, decay and the inevitability of horrible death are powerfully worked in Le Mépris de la vie et consolation contre la mort (1594), a sequence of 434 sonnets and short poems by Jean-Baptiste Chassignet (c.1570–c.1635). The gap which separates the vanity of appearance and the inevitable power of reality (paraître and être) is a recurring motif in this strongly rhythmic