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A History of French Literature: From Chanson de Geste to Cinema
Contributor(s): Coward, David (Editor)
ISBN: 0470753439     ISBN-13: 9780470753439
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $294.50  
Product Type: Other - Other Formats
Published: December 2007
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | European - French
Dewey: 840.9
Physical Information: 0.59" H x 5.91" W x 9.84" (1.50 lbs)
 
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This magnificent volume provides a complete history of the literature of France from its origins to the present day, taking us beyond traditional definitions of 'literature' into the world of the best-seller and, beyond words, to graphic fiction and cinema

  • Presents a definitive history of the literature of France from its origins to the present day.
  • Incorporates coverage of Francophone writing in Europe, Canada, the West Indies and North and Sub-Saharan Africa.
  • Links the development of literature to the mentalities and social conditions which produced it.
  • Takes us beyond "literature" to study graphic fiction, cinema and the bestseller.
  • Maps the rise of the Intellectual, and in so doing charts a progression from literary doctrine to critical theory.