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 počte 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?