| The Cambridge Companion to the French Novel: From 1800 to the Present Contributor(s): Unwin, Timothy (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521499143 ISBN-13: 9780521499149 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $37.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1997 Annotation: An essential working manual for anyone interested in modern French fiction. Essays by acknowledged experts range widely over issues and texts, referring to earlier periods and other genres where relevant. Theoretical discussion combines with close reading and reassesses major figures and traditional views. Includes chronology and guide to further reading. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - General |
| Dewey: 843.009 |
| LCCN: 96-52444 |
| Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 5.95" W x 8.88" (1.11 lbs) 308 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume offers an insight into the French novel over the past two centuries. In a series of essays, acknowledged experts discuss a variety of topics including 19th-century realism, women and fiction, popular fiction, experiment and innovation, war and the Holocaust, the Francophone novel and postmodern fiction. It offers a reassessment of major figures, while deliberately reading traditional views of literary history against the grain. Theoretical discussion is combined with close reading of texts and exploration of context, comparison with other genres and other literatures, and reference to novels from earlier periods. This companionable introduction includes a chronology and guide to further reading. |
