A Short History of French Literature

Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-0-19-929118-2
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 358 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 505 g

This book traces the history of French literature from its beginnings to the present. Within its remarkably brief compass, it offers a wide-ranging, personal, and detailed account of major writers and movements. Developments in French literature are presented in an innovative way, not as an even sequence of literary events but as a series of stories told at varying pace and with different kinds of focus. Readers can thus take in the broad sweep of historical change, grasp the main

characteristics of major periods, or enjoy a close appraisal of individual works and their contexts. The book is written in an accessible and non-technical style that will make it attractive to students and to all those who enjoy French Literature.

Zielgruppe

Students and general readers interested in French Literature.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kay, Sarah

Cave, Terence

Bowie, Malcolm

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Romanische Literaturen Französische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft

Über Autor(innen)

Sarah Kay is Professor of French and Occitan Literature, University of Cambridge

Terence Cave is Emeritus Professor of French Literature, University of Oxford, and Emeritus Research Fellow, St John's College, Oxford

Malcolm Bowie, formerly Marshal Foch Professor of French Literature, University of Oxford, is now Master of Christ's College, Cambridge