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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.

A History of French Literature: From Chanson de geste to Cinema

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This magnificent volume provides a complete history of the literature of France from its origins to the present day, taking... Read more

    Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
    Publication Date: 04/10/2003
    ISBN13: 9781405117364, 978-1405117364
    ISBN10: 1405117362

    Number of Pages: 636

    Non Fiction , ELT & Literary Studies , Education

    Description

    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.

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