French Literature: A Cultural HistoryISBN: 978-0-7456-2840-0
Paperback
240 pages
July 2010, Polity
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French Studies
"This is a book to read for pleasure and self-enlightenment, to use as a model of a cultural approach to literary studies, and - most certainly - to recommend to students."
Modern Language Review
"Alison Finch's superbly written book brings the cultural
dimension of French literature fully into focus. While revealing
how the agenda of literary study has changed, she demonstrates that
we can engage with the great canonical texts of French literature
in new and exciting ways. The book is to be commended for its
clarity, its shrewd analyses, and its sheer readability."
Tim Unwin, Bristol University
"Written with great panache, this book locates French literature
in the wider culture of the Western world. Finch shows how, from
Marie de France to MC Solar, literature in France has always
intertwined with politics, history, geography, money, sex,
language, gender, class and race. Women writers and the new
Francophone literatures receive welcome recognition. A remarkable
achievement."
Michael Sheringham, Oxford University
"The depth and range of this book are astonishing, as it
describes the cultural conditions out of which French literature
has emerged as a vital component of Western civilisation from the
Middle Ages to the present day. Informative and immensely readable,
it makes a compelling and humane case for the continued study of
literature in a changing world."
Colin Davis, Royal Holloway, University of London
"French Literature – A Cultural History by Alison
Finch, offers a chronologically brilliant introduction to a subject
matter simply steeped in risk and heritage, as well as cultural
dimension. And as a result of its linearity, it enables the reader
to dip in and out whilst simultaneously being informed and
inspired."
David Marx Books Reviews