A Short History of French Literature

by Sarah Kay, Malcolm Bowie, Terence Cave

Book Overview

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--though selective--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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198159315
• ISBN13: 9780198159315
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.6"