French and Francophone Studies (Advanced)

Contains a chronology, an introduction, an extensive bibliography, and dictionary section of more than 500 cross-referenced entries on individual writers and key texts, significant movements, groups, associations, and periodicals, and on the literary reactions to major national and international events such as revolutions and wars.

A standard work of reference for English-speaking scholars covering French literature which provides a guide to ten centuries of literature produced in France and Francophone countries. Entries cover individual authors and works and each is discussed in detail within their historical, cultural, and intellectual context.