Historical Dictionary of French Literature
John Flower
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Description for Historical Dictionary of French Literature
Hardcover. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts. Num Pages: 626 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB; DSR; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 164 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1080.
Almost all of us know French literature, even if we don’t know French, because it is probably the second largest and certainly the most translated into English. And, even if we don’t read, we would have seen film and television versions (think Count of Monte-Cristo) and even a musical rendition (Les Mis). So this is a particularly interesting volume in the literature series, since it covers French literature from the earliest times to the present. It is also a particularly rich literature, espousing ever genre from poetry, to novel, to biography, to drama, and adopting every style, including realism and ... Read more
Almost all of us know French literature, even if we don’t know French, because it is probably the second largest and certainly the most translated into English. And, even if we don’t read, we would have seen film and television versions (think Count of Monte-Cristo) and even a musical rendition (Les Mis). So this is a particularly interesting volume in the literature series, since it covers French literature from the earliest times to the present. It is also a particularly rich literature, espousing ever genre from poetry, to novel, to biography, to drama, and adopting every style, including realism and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
626
Condition
New
Series
Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts
Number of Pages
626
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810867789
SKU
V9780810867789
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About John Flower
John Flower who is now emeritus spent a long and fruitful career as professor of French at the University of Kent and previously the University of Exeter, ever since 1976. He has published widely on French literature, with a focus on Francois Mauriac, on whom he is an international authority. He has published numerous articles and several books, the most ... Read more
Reviews for Historical Dictionary of French Literature
This title provides historical literary information covering 842 CE (when the Strasbourg Oaths were written) to 2012. Flower (emer., Univ. of Kent, UK) focuses solely on literature written and published in France. Francophone literature from other areas of the globe is not covered, though some authors, such as Belgium's Georges Simenon and Senegal's Ousmane Sembène, made the cut. The alphabetically ... Read more