TY - BOOK AU - Lyons,John D. TI - French literature: a very short introduction SN - 9780199568727 (pbk. : acid-free paper) AV - R AC 5 V573 U1 - 840.9 PY - 2010/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - French literature KW - History and criticism N1 - 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? ER -