 
A History of French Literature: From Chanson de geste to Cinema
ISBN: 978-0-470-75195-4
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606 pages
April 2008, Wiley-Blackwell
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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.
* 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.
