A short history of French literature [[electronic resource] /] / Sarah Kay, Terence Cave, Malcolm Bowie

• Autore: Kay Sarah
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (357 p.)
• Disciplina: 840.9
• Soggetto topico: French literature - History and criticism
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: CaveTerence BowieMalcolm <1943-2007.>
• Note generali: Originally published in 2003.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-324) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; INTRODUCTION: THE LONG VIEW; PART I. THE MIDDLE AGES: FROM THE EARLIEST TEXTS TO 1470; OVERVIEW OF THE PERIOD; THE PERIOD IN CLOSE-UP; PART II. THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD: 1470-1789; OVERVIEW OF THE PERIOD; THE PERIOD IN CLOSE-UP; PART III. THE MODERN PERIOD: 1789-2000; OVERVIEW OF THE PERIOD; THE PERIOD IN CLOSE-UP; POSTFACE; SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING; SOURCES OF QUOTATIONS; INDEX; B; C; D; F; H; L; M; P; R; S; T; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: This book traces the history of French literature from its beginnings to the present. Within its remarkably brief compass, it offers a wide-ranging, personal, and detailed account of major writers and movements. Developments in French literature are presented in an innovative way, not as an even sequence of literary events but as a series of stories told at varying pace and with different kinds of focus. Readers can thus take in the broad sweep of historical change, grasp the main. characteristics of major periods, or enjoy a close appraisal of individual works and their contexts. The book is
• Titolo autorizzato: A short history of French literature
• ISBN: 1-280-75655-1; 0-19-151845-X; 0-19-151622-8; 1-4294-7109-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458456103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II