french literature

A critical interpertation and analysis of the thirteenth century allegorial poem: The Romance of the Rose.

Provides a critical introduction to medieval French romance literature.

Provides an introduction to the history and influence of French structuralism in literature.

Provides a critical, interpretative study outlining the life, work, and relevant historical background of Francois Villon.

Presents the life of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and provides an analysis of his major writings which focus on significant themes and concerns.

Provides a critical, interpretative study outlining the life, work, and relevant historical background of Jean Racine.

"In 18th century France, letter writing became . . . fashionable, particularly amongst women. In this work, [the author] opens up the world of these women through the letters which they wrote. Concentrating on the letters of four women from different social backgrounds, she shows how they came to womanhood through their writing"--OCLC.

A collection of critical essays on Stendhal's novel "The Red and the Black" arranged in chronological order of publication.

"Women in exile disrupt assumptions about exile, belonging, home and identity. For many women exiles, home represents less a place of belonging and more a point of departure, and exile becomes a creative site of becoming, rather than an unsettling state of errancy. Exile may provide propitious circumstance for women to renegotiate identities far from the strictures of home, and to appropriating new spaces of freedom in mobility. Through a feminist politics of place, displacement and subjectivity, this comparative study analyses the novels of key contemporary Francophone and Latin American writers Nancy Huston, Linda L?e, Malika Mokeddem, Cristina Peri Rossi, Laura Restrepo, and Cristina Siscar to identify a new nomadic subjectivity in the lives and works of transnational women today"--Source other than the Library of Congress.