A History of French Literature: From Chanson de geste to CinemaISBN: 978-1-4051-1736-4
Paperback
636 pages
October 2003, Wiley-Blackwell
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This magnificent volume provides a complete history of the
literature of France from its origins to the present day, taking us
beyond traditional definitions of ‘literature' into the world
of the best-seller and, beyond words, to graphic fiction and cinema
- Presents a definitive history of the literature of France from
its origins to the present day.
- Incorporates coverage of Francophone writing in Europe, Canada,
the West Indies and North and Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Links the development of literature to the mentalities and
social conditions which produced it.
- Takes us beyond “literature” to study graphic
fiction, cinema and the bestseller.
- Maps the rise of the Intellectual, and in so doing charts a progression from literary doctrine to critical theory.