French literature
Subtitle: a cultural history
By: Alison Finch
Series: Cultural history of literature; Cultural history of literature
Publisher: Polity
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge; Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9780745628394; 9780745628400
Subjects: Politics and government; French literature; In literature; Culture in literature; History and criticism; Politics in literature; Civilization in literature
Description: Offers a cultural history of French literature from its very beginnings, analysing the relationship between French literature and France's evolving power structures from the Middle Ages through to the present day. It shows the political connections between the elite literature of France and other aspects of its culture, from racism, misogyny, tolerance and liberal reform to song, street performance, advertising and cinema. --from publisher description
Notes: Includes bibliographic references (p. [222]-232) and index.
Table of contents: title: From the beginnings to the Renaissance; title: From Sun King to Enlightenment (1630-1789); title: Between revolutions (1789-1830); title: Balzac and the birth of cultural studies (1830-1870); title: Republic, reaction and the murder of taste (1870-1913); title: Despair and optimism (1913-1944); title: Commitment and playfulness (1944-1968); title: After May 1968; title: 'Foreignness' early and modern; title: Francophone literature : recent developments.