A guide to French literature : early modern to postmodern
This guide reviews French literature from the Renaissance to the 1990s, reflecting the new critical perspectives and approaches of French studies. Social and historical placing of texts is combined with literary-critical assessments of the evolution and adaptation of genres, forms and techniques.
Print Book, English, ©1997
Macmillan ; St. Martin's Press, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, New York, ©1997
Criticism, interpretation, etc
x, 361 pages ; 23 cm
9780333428535, 9780333428542, 9780312174750, 9780312174767, 0333428536, 0333428544, 0312174756, 0312174764
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Acknowledgements - Introduction - PART 1: THE MAKING OF THE MODERN SUBJECT: RENAISSANCE AND REFORM (1500-1600) - Classicism: The Making of the Ancien Regime (1600-1680) - Enlightenment and Revolution (1680-1815) - Notes on Part 1 - PART 2: THE BOURGEOIS CENTURY (1815-1914) - Restoration to Revolution - Reactions to Revolution (1848-1871) - The First Inter-War Years (1871-1914) - Notes on Part 2 - PART 3: A CENTURY OF TRANSFORMATIONS - Changing Language and Changing Worlds - Changing Forms and Subjects - Starting Fresh - Notes on Part 3 - General Bibliography - Index