french literature

An easy-to-follow guide to French that includes engaging readings in both English and French to help build comprehension and confidence in using the language.

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.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide a selection of criticism on the works of 125 major Black writers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, each including a biographical and critical introduction, a list of principal works, and bibliographic citations.

Provides an historical and literary analysis of the city of Paris and the places that have been an inspiration to hundreds of writers such as Victor Hugo and Ernest Hemingway.

Presents thirteen essays on the concepts and texts of French novelist, playwright, essayist, and critic Jean-Paul Sartre; also includes a chronology and a bibliography.

Presents critical essays on Albert Camus's "The Stranger" and includes a chronology, a bibliography, and an introduction by critic Harold Bloom.