Great Nineteenth-century French Short Stories


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Seventeen imaginative selections by lesser-known writers: "Adolphe," Benjamin Constant; "Salome," Jules Laforgue; "The Anatomist," Petrus Borel, 14 more. Trends toward the fantastic, expressionism, surrealism. Introductory notes.



















A Concise Bibliography of French Literature


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This book attempts to supply basic bibliographic information on the outstanding features of French literature and scholarship, with details of English translations. It begins with the "Serments de Strasbourg" of A.D. 842, the earliest extant text in French, and ends with authors whose reputations were established by 1960. Writers from outside France have been included only if in the main stream of French literature.




Catalog of Copyright Entries. New Series


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Guide to French Literature


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This guide surveys the lives and works of 300 famous French writers. Entries are devoted to the primary writers, with some entries on important movements, literary groups and publications.