Contains alphabetically arranged entries that examine the lives and works of notable French authors, covering a period that ranges from 1789 through the late twentieth century; and features essays on significant movements, literary groups, and publications. Includes a chronology, as well as title and general indexes.
Contains alphabetically arranged entries that examine the lives and works of notable French authors, covering a period that ranges from the early 1500s to 1789; and features essays on significant movements, literary groups, and publications. Includes a chronology, as well as title and general indexes.
The author presents a comprehensive study of the life, monarchy, and parentage of seventeenth-century French king Louis XIV and examines his power, character, and his relationships with women, the court, the church, and his subjects.
