A New History of French Literature

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Edited by Denis Hollier and R. Howard Bloch

Harvard University Press

Due/Published September 1994, 1184 pages, paper

ISBN 0674615662

This work consists of "164 essays written by American and European specialists. . . . {They attempt to provide an} overview of French literature from 842 to the present. Each essay is introduced by a date and arranged in chronological order. A brief headline follows the data, relating the essay to a literary event. Some of the essays . . . are devoted to a genre, others to a major literary movement or historical event. Large surveys are also included.Social and cultural perspectives are present, including essays on women in French literature and art, viewed from philosophical as well as theoretical perspectives." (Libr J) Chronology. Chapter bibliographies. Index.