A history of French literature [[electronic resource] ] : from chanson de geste to cinema / / David Coward

• Autore: Coward David
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (641 p.)
• Disciplina: 840.9
• Soggetto topico: French literature - History and criticism
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [560]-565) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: A History of French Literature; Contents; Preface; 1 THE MIDDLE AGES; Introduction; Language; Literature; Its diffusion; Authors; Hagiography; The chanson de geste; Lyric poetry to Rutebeuf; Romance; Comic realism; Le Roman de Renard; The fabliau; The literature of devotion, moral reflection and information; Learning and ideas; Theatre; Later lyric poetry; Fifteenth-century 'modernism'; Chartier; Charles d'Orléans; The anti-courtly reaction; 'Rhétoriqueurs'; Villon; Conclusion; 2 THE RENAISSANCE; The Age of François I; The restitution of letters and the renewal of faith; The impact of Italy ; PhilologyNeoplatonism; Neo-stoicism; The new learning; Erasmus; The Evangelical movement; Poetry; The 'rhétoriqueurs'; Marot; Latin verse; Scève; The Lyons poets; The defence of women; The querelle des Amyes; Conclusion; Prose; The rise of French; Chronicle, epic, romance; Fiction; Rabelais; The Generation of the Pléiade; The defence of the language; Royal intervention; Standardization; The role of translation; Which French?; The new poetics and the Pléiade; The Défense et illustration; The Pléiade; Its aesthetic; The hierarchy of genres; Its themes; Love and the court; Nature ; The impact of the PléiadePléiade poets; Du Bellay; Ronsard; Theatre; The Hôtel de Bourgogne; Humanist drama; Growth of tragedy; Neo-classical tragedy; Garnier; Comedy; Literature during the Wars of Religion; Introduction; The Wars of Religion; Henri IV; Counter-Reformation; Literature; Poetry; After the Pléiade; Poetry and religion; Epic; The personal meditation; Prose; Chronicles; Political writing; Pamphlet literature; Prose narrative; Moral reflection; Montaigne; Conclusion; 3 THE CLASSICAL AGE; Writers and Their Public; Rewards and favour; The status of authors ; The socialization of literatureTaste; Preciosity; The Précieuses; The evolution of taste; The Elaboration of the Classical Ideal; Malherbe; The classical doctrine; Language; The language of classicism; Principles and rules; Honnêteté; The Rise of Rationalism; Jesuits and Jansenists; The new science; The libertins; Descartes; Pascal; Literature; Poetry; Boileau; La Fontaine; Fiction; The pastoral novel; The heroic novel; The roman d'analyse; The roman réaliste; The philosophical novel; The conte de fée; First-person narrators; Fictitious memoirs; Theatre; The theatres; The players ; The staging of playsAudiences; Tragicomedy; Comedy; Molière; Tragedy; Corneille; Racine; The Crisis of Confidence; Moral reflection; The critical spirit; The press; History; Quietism; Fénelon; Bossuet; Malebranche; Relativism; The new ideas; Bayle; The spread of science; The querelle des anciens et des modernes; The Legacy of Classicism; 4 THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT; Introduction; Writers and Their Public; Language; Education; The reading public; The book trade; Censorship; The status of authors; The Rise of the 'Philosophic' Spirit; The knowledge revolution; The cosmopolitan connection ; Science, religion and the material world
• Sommario/riassunto: 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. <l
• Titolo autorizzato: A history of French literature
• ISBN: 9786612343100; 1-282-34310-6; 0-470-75195-9; 1-280-28425-0; 9786610284252; 0-470-75343-9; 1-4051-2293-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996210507403316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno