num_pages: 1200
description: This splendid introduction to French literature from 842 A.D. to the present decade is the most imaginative single-volume guide to the French literary tradition available in English.Conceived for the general reader, this volume presents French literature not as a simple inventory of authors or titles, but rather as a historical and cultural field viewed from a wide array of contemporary critical perspectives. The book consists of 164 essays by American and European scholars, and covers the history of French literature from 842 to 1989.
language: English
title: A New History of French Literature
titlecomplete: A New History of French Literature
genres: France, French Literature, Literature, Essays, History
ratings_count: 20
awards: awardedAt: 599644800000
name: James Russell Lowell Prize
publisher: Harvard University Press