Author

Publication

2015 - Cambridge University Press

Language

English

Word Count

80,500 words, Guess

Page Count

322 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780521887083
  • Open LibraryOL28567486M

Classifications

  • LCCPQ103 .N45 2015

Description

"In this highly accessible introduction, Brian Nelson provides an overview of French literature - its themes and forms, traditions and transformations - from the Middle Ages to the present. Major writers, including Francophone authors writing from areas other than France, are discussed chronologically in the context of their times, to provide a sense of the development of the French literary tradition and the strengths of the most influential writers within it. Nelson offers close readings of exemplary passages from key works, presented in the original French and with an English translation. The exploration of the work of important writers, including Villon, Racine, Molière, Voltaire, Balzac, Flaubert, Zola, Proust, Sartre and Beckett, highlights the richness and diversity of French literature"--

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Cambridge Introduction to French LiteratureCambridge University Press2015-01-01

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