A Literary History of France
Publisher: T. Fisher Unwin
Published: 1907
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Hardback
Number of pages: 717
Description: A fine study of French literature in the Publishers' 'Library of Literary History' series. Particularly interesting is the chapter on the origins of the French language in its various forms (Chapter 1 of the book) and those parts of the book that link the literature of France with the literature of Britain through the ages. A must for the student of European literature and its development.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to the English edition; title: Part I      -      The Middle Ages (13 chapters); title: Part II     -      The Fourteenth Century (10 chapters); title: Part III    -      The Fifteenth Century  (8 chapters); title: Part IV    -      The Sixteenth Century (13 chapters); title: Part V     -      The Seventeenth Century (13 chapters); title: Part VI    -      The Eighteenth Century (11 chapters); title: Part VII   -      The Nineteenth Century (14 chapters); title: Analytical Index