| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 137 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Very short introductions
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Very short introductions.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
The heritage of literature in the French language is rich varied, and extensive in time and space. This introduction presents this lively literary world by focusing on texts (epics novels, plays, poems, screenplays) that concern protagonists whose adventures and conflicts reveal shifts in literary and social practices. |
| Contents |
1. Saints, werewolves, knights, and a pote maudit: allegiance and character in the Middle Ages -- 2. The last Roman, 'cannibals', giants, and heroines of modern life: antiquity and renewal -- 3. Society and its demands -- 4. Nature and its possibilities -- 5. Around the Revolution -- 6. The hunchback, the housewife, and the flneur -- 7. From Marcel to Rrose Selavy -- 8. The self-centred consciousness -- 9. French-speaking heroes without borders? |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
French literature -- History and criticism.
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French literature. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: French Literature. Oxford Univ Pr 2010 9780199568727 (OCoLC)464595249 |
| ISBN |
9780191574375 (electronic book) |
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0191574376 (electronic book) |
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9780191777516 (electronic book) |
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019177751X (electronic book) |
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9780199568727 (paperback) |
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0199568723 (paperback) |
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