Bibliograph

French literature, a very short introduction, John D. Lyons

Type

Label

French literature, a very short introduction, John D. Lyons

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-132) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

French literature

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

489631656

Responsibility statement

John D. Lyons

Series statement

Very short introductions, 230

Sub title

a very short introduction

Summary

A concise and lively introduction to the world of French literature.-publisher description

Table Of Contents

Introduction: Meeting French literature -- Saints, werewolves, knights, and a poète maudit : allegiance and character in the Middle Ages -- The last Roman, 'cannibals', giants, and heroines of modern life : antiquity and renewal -- Society and its demands -- Nature and its possibilities -- Around the Revolution -- The hunchback, the housewife, and the flâneur -- From Marcel to Rrose Selavy -- The self-centred consciousness -- French-speaking heroes without borders?

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