New History of French Literature

Informationen zum Autor Denis Hollier is Chairman of the Department of French at Yale University. He is the author of many books, including works on Sartre and Bataille. Klappentext This splendid introduction to French literature from 842 A.D. to the present decade is the most imaginative single-volume guide to the French literary tradition available in English.Conceived for the general reader! this volume presents French literature not as a simple inventory of authors or titles! but rather as a historical and cultural field viewed from a wide array of contemporary critical perspectives. The book consists of 164 essays by American and European scholars! and covers the history of French literature from 842 to 1989. Zusammenfassung This splendid introduction to French literature from 842 A.D. to the present decade is the most imaginative single-volume guide to the French literary tradition available in English.

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• Authors: Denis Hollier, Denis Et Al Hollier
• Assisted by: Et al (Editor), Denis Hollier (Editor), Hollier Denis (Editor)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.08.1998
• EAN: 9780674615663
• ISBN: 978-0-674-61566-3
• No. of pages: 1200
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; French, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French, c 1500 onwards to present day, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Literary studies: general, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE