History of Modern French Literature - From the Sixteenth Century to the Twentieth Century

"This is a tremendous achievement, bringing into a single volume much of the best writing and thinking on French literature that is currently available anywhere. It is highly readable, full of energetically pursued arguments, and it will last for a long time, precisely because its notions of history are so flexible and imaginative. The book proves that the history of literature can only benefit from disciplined speculation about the possibilities of the past."--Michael Wood, professor emeritus, Princeton University

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Edited by Christopher Prendergast

Summary

An accessible and authoritative new history of French literature, written by a highly distinguished transatlantic group of scholars This book provides an engaging, accessible, and exciting new history of French literature from the Renaissance through the twentieth century, from Rabelais and Marguerite de Navarre to Samuel Beckett and Assia Djebar.

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"[A History of Modern French Literature] offers informed and original insights into many of the major figures and movements of the French literary tradition, as well as others who are less well known or who have been forgotten."

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Prendergast
• Assisted by: Christopher Prendergast (Editor)
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.06.2025
• EAN: 9780691271392
• ISBN: 978-0-691-27139-2
• No. of pages: 736
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Romance linguistics / literary studies; French, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, LITERARY CRITICISM / Reference, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French, c 1500 onwards to present day, Social and cultural history, Literary studies: general, Literary reference works, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards