French Classics

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilkinson, William Cleaver, 1833-1920

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"French Classics" by William Cleaver Wilkinson is a literary analysis and collection written in the early 20th century. This work aims to introduce readers, particularly those versed exclusively in the English language, to the richness of French literature through selected extracts from its key authors. The volume presents significant French literary figures whose works have remained influential, covering genres from historical narratives to essays and novels. The opening of the text lays the groundwork for an exploration of French literature, tracing its evolution and diversity. Wilkinson emphasizes the complexity of curating a selection from a living body of literature, distinguishing it from the more finite Greek and Latin traditions. He introduces the importance of the chosen authors, including historical figures like Froissart, and sets the expectation that the subsequent chapters will provide insights into their contributions, styles, and the cultural impact of their works on both literature and society at large. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contents:

French literature

Froissart

Rabelais

Montaigne

La Rochefoucauld (la Bruyère; Vauvenargues)

La Fontaine

Molière

Pascal

Madame de Sévigné

Corneille

Racine

Bossuet, Bourdaloue, Massillon, Saurin

Fénelon

Le Sage

Montesquieu, Tocqueville

Voltaire

Rousseau (St. Pierre)

The Encyclopædists

Madame de Stael

Chateaubriand

Béranger

Lamartine

The Group of 1830

Joubert (Swetchine; Amiel)

Epilogue.

Credits:

Produced by Marius Masi, Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Notes:

Reading ease score: 66.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Release date is 2011-05-20