French literature : a very short introduction /

Lyons, John D., 1946-

French literature : a very short introduction / John D. Lyons. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010. - xii, 137 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. - Very short introductions n.230 . - Very short introductions ; 230. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-132) and index.

Introduction: Meeting French literature -- Saints, werewolves, knights, and a poète maudit : allegiance and character in the Middle Ages -- The last Roman, 'cannibals', giants, and heroines of modern life : antiquity and renewal -- Society and its demands -- Nature and its possibilities -- Around the Revolution -- The hunchback, the housewife, and the flaneur -- From Marcel to Rrose Selavy -- The self-centred consciousness -- French-speaking heroes without borders?

9780199568727 (pbk. : acid-free paper) 0199568723 (pbk.)

2010279689

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015447872 Uk


French literature--History and criticism.

R AC 5 / V573

840.9