{"product_id":"the-cambridge-companion-to-the-french-novel-from-1800-to-the-present-hardback-9780521495639","title":"The Cambridge Companion to the French Novel; From 1800 to the Present (Hardback) 9780521495639","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to the French Novel\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFrom 1800 to the Present\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA unique and valuable insight into the novel in French over the past two centuries.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTimothy Unwin (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521495639, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 28 October 1997\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e308 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.8 x 16.2 x 2.8 cm, 0.615 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis volume offers a unique and valuable insight into the novel in French over the past two centuries. In a series of essays, acknowledged experts discuss a variety of topics including nineteenth-century realism, women and fiction, popular fiction, experiment and innovation, war and the Holocaust, the Francophone novel, and postmodern fiction. They offer a challenging reassessment of major figures, while deliberately reading traditional views of literary history against the grain. Theoretical discussion is combined with close reading of texts and exploration of context, comparison with other genres and other literatures, and reference to novels from earlier periods. This companionable introduction includes a chronology and guide to further reading. From it emerges a strong sense of the vitality and energy of the modern French novel, and of the debates surrounding it.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eChronology\u003cbr\u003e Note on literary prizes\u003cbr\u003e Note on presentation\u003cbr\u003e 1. On the novel and the writing of literary history Timothy Unwin\u003cbr\u003e 2. Novels of testimony and the invention of the modern French novel Jann Matlock\u003cbr\u003e 3. Reality and its representation in the nineteenth-century novel Alison Finch\u003cbr\u003e 4. Women and fiction in the nineteenth century Margaret Cohen\u003cbr\u003e 5. Popular fiction in the nineteenth century David Coward\u003cbr\u003e 6. Decadence and the fin-de siècle novel Laurence M. Porter\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Proustian revolution Christie McDonald\u003cbr\u003e 8. Formal experiment and innovation David H. Walker\u003cbr\u003e 9. Existentialism, engagement, ideology Steven Ungar\u003cbr\u003e 10. War and the Holocaust Denis Boak\u003cbr\u003e 11. From serious to popular fiction Stephen F. Noreiko\u003cbr\u003e 12. The colonial and postcolonial Francophone novel Françoise Lionnet\u003cbr\u003e 13. The French Canadian novel Denis Boak\u003cbr\u003e 14. Gender and sexual identity in the modern French novel Jane Winston\u003cbr\u003e 15. Postmodern French fiction: practice and theory Johnnie Gratton\u003cbr\u003e General bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: fiction, novelists \u0026amp; prose writers [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: fiction, novelists \u0026amp; prose writers\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20fiction,%20novelists%20\u0026amp;%20prose%20writers%20%5BDSK%5D%22\"\u003eDSK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46019712254232,"sku":"9780521495639","price":79.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521495639i_427567aa-01ab-4cd0-8044-96aec2d539b0.jpg?v=1691383085","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-cambridge-companion-to-the-french-novel-from-1800-to-the-present-hardback-9780521495639","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}