The Cambridge Companion To French Literature

An authoritative and accessible account of French literature from medieval romance to avant-garde poetry. It explores the medieval roots of modern literature; French tragedy; why the Romantics revered nature; how Proust helped create the modern novel; and the widely varying uses authors have made of the French language.

• | Edited By: John D. (University Of Virginia) Lyons
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Nov 26, 2015
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 299 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Softback
• | ISBN-10: 1107665221
• | ISBN-13: 9781107665224