A short history of French literature / Sarah Kay, Terence Cave, Malcolm Bowie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kay, Sarah, author.

Cave, Terence, author.

Bowie, Malcolm, 1943-2007, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

French literature--History and criticism.

French literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (357 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text traces the history of French literature from its beginnings to the modern day - from the oral works of the Middle Ages via the print culture in the Renaissance, through to the attempted codification of genres and styles in the 19th century and the resourceful experimentation of the 20th.

Contents:

CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; INTRODUCTION: THE LONG VIEW; PART I. THE MIDDLE AGES: FROM THE EARLIEST TEXTS TO 1470; OVERVIEW OF THE PERIOD; THE PERIOD IN CLOSE-UP; PART II. THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD: 1470-1789; OVERVIEW OF THE PERIOD; THE PERIOD IN CLOSE-UP; PART III. THE MODERN PERIOD: 1789-2000; OVERVIEW OF THE PERIOD; THE PERIOD IN CLOSE-UP; POSTFACE; SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING; SOURCES OF QUOTATIONS; INDEX; B; C; D; F; H; L; M; P; R; S; T; Z

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2003.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [317]-331) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

1-383-00673-3

1-280-75655-1

0-19-151845-X

0-19-151622-8

1-4294-7109-3

OCLC:

437109348