A History of Modern French Literature: From the Sixteenth Century to the Twentieth Century

A History of Modern French Literature: From the Sixteenth Century to the Twentieth Century

by Christopher Prendergast (Author)

Synopsis

An accessible and authoritative new history of French literature, written by a highly distinguished transatlantic group of scholars This book provides an engaging, accessible, and exciting new history of French literature from the Renaissance through the twentieth century, from Rabelais and Marguerite de Navarre to Samuel Beckett and Assia Djebar. Christopher Prendergast, one of today's most distinguished authorities on French literature, has gathered a transatlantic group of more than thirty leading scholars who provide original essays on carefully selected writers, works, and topics that open a window onto key chapters of French literary history. The book begins in the sixteenth century with the formation of a modern national literary consciousness, and ends in the late twentieth century with the idea of the national coming increasingly into question as inherited meanings of French and Frenchness expand beyond the geographical limits of mainland France. * Provides an exciting new account of French literary history from the Renaissance to the end of the twentieth century* Features more than thirty original essays on key writers, works, and topics, written by a distinguished transatlantic group of scholars* Includes an introduction and index The contributors include Etienne Beaulieu, Christopher Braider, Peter Brooks, Mary Ann Caws, David Coward, Nicholas Cronk, Edwin M. Duval, Mary Gallagher, Raymond Geuss, Timothy Hampton, Nicholas Harrison, Katherine Ibbett, Michael Lucey, Susan Maslan, Eric Mechoulan, Hassan Melehy, Larry F. Norman, Nicholas Paige, Roger Pearson, Christopher Prendergast, Jean-Michel Rabate, Timothy J. Reiss, Sarah Rocheville, Pierre Saint-Amand, Clive Scott, Catriona Seth, Judith Sribnai, Joanna Stalnaker, Aleksandar Stevi?, Kate E. Tunstall, Steven Ungar, and Wes Williams.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 736
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 07 Mar 2017

ISBN 10: 0691157723
ISBN 13: 9780691157726

Media Reviews
In this splendid essay anthology, Prendergast gathers a stellar cast of scholars to provide a wide-ranging and thoughtful introduction to French literature... [E]very contribution here brings the history of French literature to vivid life, providing rich insights and inviting well-repaid rereading. --Publishers Weekly [A] survey of 400 years of literature in French that is both useful and interesting... [A]nyone preparing to teach a French literature survey for the first time will find the book a godsend. --Choice
Author Bio
Christopher Prendergast is professor emeritus of French literature at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of King's College and the British Academy. He is the general editor of the Penguin Proust, and his many books include Mirages and Mad Beliefs: Proust the Skeptic (Princeton).