Author : Brian Nelson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 25,6 MB
Release : 2015-06-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521887089
An engaging, highly accessible and informative introduction to French literature from the Middle Ages to the present.
Author : Mary Lewis Shaw
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 50,50 MB
Release : 2003-08-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521004855
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Author : John D. Lyons
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 28,43 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1107036046
A fresh and comprehensive account of the literature of France, from medieval romances to twenty-first-century experimental poetry and novels.
Author : Simon Gaunt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : pages
File Size : 48,66 MB
Release : 2008-04-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781139827874
Medieval French literature encompasses 450 years of literary output in Old and Middle French, mostly produced in Northern France and England. These texts, including courtly lyrics, prose and verse romances, dits amoureux and plays, proved hugely influential for other European literary traditions in the medieval period and beyond. This Companion offers a wide-ranging and stimulating guide to literature composed in medieval French from its beginnings in the ninth century until the Renaissance. The essays are grounded in detailed analysis of canonical texts and authors such as the Chanson de Roland, the Roman de la Rose, Villon's Testament, Chrétien de Troyes, Machaut, Christine de Pisan and the Tristan romances. Featuring a chronology and suggestions for further reading, this is the ideal companion for students and scholars in other fields wishing to discover the riches of the French medieval tradition.
Author : William Burgwinkle
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 823 pages
File Size : 44,46 MB
Release : 2011-02-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521897866
The most comprehensive history of literature written in French ever produced in English.
Author : Nicholas Hewitt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 35,5 MB
Release : 2003-09-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521794657
France entered the twentieth century as a powerful European and colonial nation. In the course of the century, her role changed dramatically: in the first fifty years two World Wars and economic decline removed its status as a world power, whilst the immediate post-war era was marked by wars of independence in its colonies. Yet at the same time, in the second half of the century, France entered a period of unprecedented growth and social transformation. Throughout the century and into the new millennium France retained its former international reputation as a centre for cultural excellence and innovation and its culture, together with that of the Francophone world, reflected the increased richness and diversity of the period. This 2003 Companion explores this vibrant culture, and includes chapters on history, language, literature, thought, theatre, architecture, visual culture, film and music, and discuss the contributions of popular culture, Francophone culture, minorities and women.
Author : Rosemary Lloyd
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 46,46 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521537827
Charles Baudelaire's place among the great poets of the Western world is undisputed, and his influence on the development of poetry since his lifetime has been enormous. In this Companion, essays by outstanding scholars illuminate Baudelaire's writing both for the lay reader and for specialists. In addition to a survey of his life and a study of his social context, the volume includes essays on his verse and prose, analyzing the extraordinary power and effectiveness of his language and style, his exploration of intoxicants like wine and opium, and his art and literary criticism. The volume also discusses the difficulties, successes and failures of translating his poetry and his continuing power to move his readers. Featuring a guide to further reading and a chronology, this Companion provides students and scholars of Baudelaire and of nineteenth-century French and European literature with a comprehensive and stimulating overview of this extraordinary poet.
Author : Hugues Azérad
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 21,46 MB
Release : 2010-05-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521886422
A selection of modern French poems with critical commentary, glossary of literary terms, biographies and bibliography.
Author : Peter Broome
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 25,27 MB
Release : 1976-07-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521209304
A companion volume to An anthology of modern French poetry, 1850-1950 edited by P. Broome and G. Chesters.
Author : Christopher Prendergast
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 40,26 MB
Release : 1990-01-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521347747
This volume of essays, written by scholars from a wide range of critical and theoretical viewpoints, presents a fresh approach to the study of nineteenth-century French poetry. Each of the eleven essays, on different poets from Lamartine to Mallarmé and Laforgue, focuses on the detailed organisation of a single poem. The method of close reading has been adopted in order to effect an introduction to the analysis of the 'basics' of poetic language (sound, metre, syntax, etc.), and in order to explore and illustrate some of the claims and arguments about poetry arising from developments in the prevailing literary theory. Theoretical positions are posed and tested in the terms of practical analysis and interpretation. Christopher Prendergast's introduction to the volume situates the essays in a series of general perspectives and contexts, and Clive Scott has provided an appendix on French versification.
