| Description |
xii, 137 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm. |
| Series |
Very short introductions ; 230 |
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Very short introductions ; 230.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-132) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Meeting French literature -- Saints, werewolves, knights, and a poète maudit : allegiance and character in the Middle Ages -- The last Roman, 'cannibals', giants, and heroines of modern life : antiquity and renewal -- Society and its demands -- Nature and its possibilities -- Around the Revolution -- The hunchback, the housewife, and the flâneur -- From Marcel to Rrose Selavy -- The self-centred consciousness -- French-speaking heroes without borders? |
| Subject |
French literature -- History and criticism.
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| ISBN |
9780199568727 paperback |
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0199568723 paperback |
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