{"product_id":"a-history-of-french-literature-9781405117364","title":"A History of French Literature","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents a definitive history of the literature of France from its origins to the present day.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncorporates coverage of Francophone writing in Europe, Canada, the West Indies and North and Sub-Saharan Africa.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLinks the development of literature to the mentalities and social conditions which produced it.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTakes us beyond literature to study graphic fiction, cinema and the bestseller.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMaps the rise of the Intellectual, and in so doing charts a progression from literary doctrine to critical theory.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"David Coward's new \u003ci\u003eHistory\u003c\/i\u003e is heroically comprehensive and shrewdly concise, generously accommodating in its definition of the subject, yet wisely discriminating in its detailed assessments. As the new millennium gets under way, it will surely be not only an essential guide but a lasting source of renewable pleasure for anyone interested in the literature and culture of France\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\" \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"In its breadth, depth, concision and sophistication of analysis, this book is an exceptional achievement. Neglecting neither Francophone nor gender-specific literature, this single-volume history of a thousand years of French writing and culture is a tour de force.\" \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Covering in varying depth everything down to modern gay, regional, and francophone writing, this approachable and clearly written book can be read front to back or a given strand can be followed through by moving through the headings classifying genres: theatre, poetry, etc.\" \u003ci\u003eModern Language Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"[...] Coward comes into his element, and provides an invaluable synthesis of where French is now and where it is going. A whole raft of mainstream and marginal writing is presented and evaluated, and it is here that those of us who teach French find ourselves pedagogically the most deeply in Coward's debt.\" \u003ci\u003eThe Times Higher Education Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The concise discussion of structuralism, poststructuralism, postmodernism, and deconstruction will be of use to many students of literature.\" \u003ci\u003eWorld Literature Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface xxii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 THE MIDDLE AGES 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHagiography 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe chanson de geste 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLyric poetry to Rutebeuf 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRomance 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComic realism 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe literature of devotion, moral reflection and information 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLearning and ideas 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheatre 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLater lyric poetry 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFifteenth-century ‘modernism’ 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 THE RENAISSANCE 32\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Age of François I 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Generation of the Pléiade 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiterature during the Wars of Religion 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 THE CLASSICAL AGE 79\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWriters and Their Public 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Elaboration of the Classical Ideal 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Rise of Rationalism 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiterature 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Crisis of Confidence 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT 131\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWriters and Their Public 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Rise of the ‘Philosophic’ Spirit 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Social Programme of the Enlightenment 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiterature 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiterature and the Revolution (1789–99) 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 THE NINETEENTH CENTURY 198\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWriters and Their Public 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMovements and Schools 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiterature 232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 298\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWriters and Their Public 299\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Literary Doctrine to Critical Theory 307\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Rise of the Intellectual 316\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiterature 339\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 BEYOND IMAGINATION, GENDER AND THE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eMÉTROPOLE 410\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBiography 411\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAutobiography 412\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWomen’s Writing 417\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGay Writing 424\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrancophone Writing 426\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 BEYOND ‘LITERATURE’ 446\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Best-seller 447\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrench Humorous Writing 467\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRegional Literature 482\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Roman Policier 503\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 BEYOND WORDS 518\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Roman-photo: Graphic Fiction 519\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLa Bande Dessinée 523\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Cinema 533\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 558\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 560\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 566\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407854379351,"sku":"9781405117364","price":40.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405117364.jpg?v=1730500747","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-history-of-french-literature-9781405117364","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}