{"product_id":"the-cambridge-history-of-french-literature-hardback-9780521897860","title":"The Cambridge History of French Literature (Hardback) 9780521897860","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge History of French Literature\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe most comprehensive history of literature written in French ever produced in English.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWilliam Burgwinkle (Edited by), Nicholas Hammond (Edited by), Emma Wilson (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521897860, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 24 February 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e822 pages, 1 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 16 x 4.1 cm, 1.41 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… a valuable and impressive introduction to the rich heritage of French literature.' Contemporary Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFrom Occitan poetry to Francophone writing produced in the Caribbean and North Africa, from intellectual history to current films, and from medieval manuscripts to bandes dessinées, this History covers French literature from its beginnings to the present day. With equal attention to all genres, historical periods and registers, this is the most comprehensive guide to literature written in French ever produced in English, and the first in decades to offer such an array of topics and perspectives. Contributors attend to issues of orality, history, peripheries, visual culture, alterity, sexuality, religion, politics, autobiography and testimony. The result is a collection that, despite the wide variety of topics and perspectives, presents a unified view of the richness of French-speaking cultures. This History gives support to the idea that French writing will continue to prosper in the twenty-first century as it adapts, adds to, and refocuses the rich legacy of its past.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Manuscripts and manuscript culture\u003cbr\u003e 2. The troubadours: the Occitan model\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Chansons de geste\u003cbr\u003e 4. Saints' lives, violence and community\u003cbr\u003e 5. Myth and the matière de Bretagne\u003cbr\u003e 6. Sexuality, shame and the genesis of romance\u003cbr\u003e 7. Medieval lyric: the trouvères\u003cbr\u003e 8. The grail\u003cbr\u003e 9. Women authors of the Middle Ages\u003cbr\u003e 10. Crusades and identity\u003cbr\u003e 11. Rhetoric and historiography: Villehardouin's 'La Conquête de Constantinople'\u003cbr\u003e 12. Humour and the obscene\u003cbr\u003e 13. Travel and orientalism\u003cbr\u003e 14. Allegory and interpretation\u003cbr\u003e 15. History and fiction: the narrativity and historiography of the Matter of Troy\u003cbr\u003e 16. Mysticism\u003cbr\u003e 17. Prose romance\u003cbr\u003e 18. Rhetoric and theatre\u003cbr\u003e 19. The rise of metafiction in the late Middle Ages\u003cbr\u003e 20. What does Renaissance mean?\u003cbr\u003e 21. Sixteenth-century religious writing\u003cbr\u003e 22. Sixteenth-century poetry\u003cbr\u003e 23. Sixteenth-century theatre\u003cbr\u003e 24. Women writers in the sixteenth century\u003cbr\u003e 25. Sixteenth-century prose narrative\u003cbr\u003e 26. Sixteenth-century thought\u003cbr\u003e 27. Sixteenth-century travel writing\u003cbr\u003e 28. Sixteenth-century margins\u003cbr\u003e 29. Tragedy: early- to mid-seventeenth century\u003cbr\u003e 30. Tragedy: mid- to late-seventeenth century\u003cbr\u003e 31. Seventeenth-century comedy\u003cbr\u003e 32. Seventeenth-century poetry\u003cbr\u003e 33. Seventeenth-century philosophy\u003cbr\u003e 34. Seventeenth-century women writers\u003cbr\u003e 35. Moraliste writing in the seventeenth century\u003cbr\u003e 36. Seventeenth-century prose narrative\u003cbr\u003e 37. Seventeenth-century religious writing\u003cbr\u003e 38. Seventeenth-century margins\u003cbr\u003e 39. What is Enlightenment?\u003cbr\u003e 40. The eighteenth-century novel\u003cbr\u003e 41. The eighteenth-century conte\u003cbr\u003e 42. Eighteenth-century comic theatre\u003cbr\u003e 43. Eighteenth-century theatrical tragedy\u003cbr\u003e 44. Eighteenth-century women writers\u003cbr\u003e 45. Eighteenth-century philosophy\u003cbr\u003e 46. Libertinage\u003cbr\u003e 47. Eighteenth-century travel\u003cbr\u003e 48. Eighteenth-century margins\u003cbr\u003e 49. The Roman personnel\u003cbr\u003e 50. Romanticism: arts, literature and history\u003cbr\u003e 51. Realism\u003cbr\u003e 52. French poetry 1793–1863\u003cbr\u003e 53. Symbolism\u003cbr\u003e 54. Madness and writing\u003cbr\u003e 55. Literature and the city in the nineteenth century\u003cbr\u003e 56. Nineteenth-century travel writing\u003cbr\u003e 57. Philosophy and ideology in nineteenth-century France\u003cbr\u003e 58. Naturalism\u003cbr\u003e 59. Impressionism: art, literature and history (1870–1914)\u003cbr\u003e 60. Decadence\u003cbr\u003e 61. Avant-garde: text and image\u003cbr\u003e 62. Autobiography\u003cbr\u003e 63. The modern French novel\u003cbr\u003e 64. The contemporary French novel\u003cbr\u003e 65. Existentialism\u003cbr\u003e 66. Modern French thought\u003cbr\u003e 67. French drama in the twentieth century\u003cbr\u003e 68. Twentieth-century poetry\u003cbr\u003e 69. Francophone writing\u003cbr\u003e 70. Writing and postcolonial theory\u003cbr\u003e 71. Travel writing 1914–2010\u003cbr\u003e 72. French cinema 1895–2010\u003cbr\u003e 73. Writing, memory and history\u003cbr\u003e 74. Holocaust writing and film\u003cbr\u003e 75. Women writers, artists and filmmakers\u003cbr\u003e 76. Popular culture and the case of the bande dessinée\u003cbr\u003e 77. Literature, film and new media\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary companions, book reviews \u0026amp; guides [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary companions, book reviews \u0026amp; guides\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20companions,%20book%20reviews%20\u0026amp;%20guides%20%5BDSRC%5D%22\"\u003eDSRC\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\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":46004057997592,"sku":"9780521897860","price":167.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521897860i_cf2c66ad-c688-45be-86c3-e442cd350ca8.jpg?v=1691359158","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-cambridge-history-of-french-literature-hardback-9780521897860","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}