A Short History of French Literature

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Author

Saintsbury, George, 1845-1933

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Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net.

Language

English

LoC Class

PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese

Subject

French literature -- History and criticism

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Text

eBook-No.

33062

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33062

Release Date

July 3, 2010

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.London
2. 2.HENRY FROWDE — Oxford University Press Warehouse — Amen Corner, E.C. — New York — 112 Fourth Avenue — Clarendon Press Series
3. 3.GEORGE SAINTSBURY — FOURTH EDITION
4. 4.PREFACE. — FOOTNOTES:
5. 5.CONTENTS.
6. 6.BOOK I. — MEDIAEVAL LITERATURE.
7. 7.CHAPTER I. — THE ORIGINS. — Les Serments de Strasbourg de 842. — Cantilène de Sainte Eulalie. — La Passion Du Christ. — Vie de Saint Léger. — FOOTNOTES:
8. 8.CHAPTER II. — THE CHANSONS DE GESTES. — FOOTNOTES:
9. 9.CHAPTER III. — PROVENÇAL LITERATURE. — FOOTNOTES:
10. 10.CHAPTER IV. — ROMANCES OF ARTHUR AND OF ANTIQUITY. — FOOTNOTES:
11. 11.CHAPTER V. — FABLIAUX. THE ROMAN DU RENART . — FOOTNOTES:
12. 12.CHAPTER VI. — EARLY LYRICS. — FOOTNOTES:
13. 13.CHAPTER VII. — SERIOUS AND ALLEGORICAL POETRY. — FOOTNOTES:
14. 14.CHAPTER VIII. — ROMANS D'AVENTURES. — FOOTNOTES:
15. 15.CHAPTER IX. — LATER SONGS AND POEMS. — Jehannot de Lescurel. — Guillaume de Machault. — Eustache Deschamps. — Alain Chartier. — Charles D'orléans. — FOOTNOTES:
16. 16.CHAPTER X. — THE DRAMA. — FOOTNOTES:
17. 17.CHAPTER XI. — PROSE CHRONICLES. — Villehardouin. — Joinville. — Froissart. — FOOTNOTES:
18. 18.CHAPTER XII. — MISCELLANEOUS PROSE. — St. Bernard. — AUCASSIN ET NICOLETTE. — Alain Chartier. — FOOTNOTES:
19. 19.INTERCHAPTER I. — SUMMARY OF MEDIAEVAL LITERATURE.
20. 20.BOOK II. — THE RENAISSANCE.
21. 21.CHAPTER I. — VILLON, COMINES, AND THE LATER FIFTEENTH CENTURY. — FOOTNOTES:
22. 22.CHAPTER II. — MAROT AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES. — FOOTNOTES:
23. 23.CHAPTER III. — RABELAIS AND HIS FOLLOWERS. — FOOTNOTES:
24. 24.CHAPTER IV. — THE PLÉIADE. — FOOTNOTES:
25. 25.CHAPTER V. — THE THEATRE FROM GRINGORE TO GARNIER. — FOOTNOTES:
26. 26.CHAPTER VI. — CALVIN AND AMYOT. — FOOTNOTES:
27. 27.CHAPTER VII. — MONTAIGNE AND BRANTÔME. — FOOTNOTES:
28. 28.CHAPTER VIII. — THE SATYRE MÉNIPPÉE . REGNIER. — FOOTNOTES:
29. 29.INTERCHAPTER II. — SUMMARY OF RENAISSANCE LITERATURE.
30. 30.BOOK III. — THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.
31. 31.CHAPTER I. — POETS. — FOOTNOTES:
32. 32.CHAPTER II. — DRAMATISTS. — FOOTNOTES:
33. 33.CHAPTER III. — NOVELISTS. — FOOTNOTES:
34. 34.CHAPTER IV. — HISTORIANS, MEMOIR-WRITERS, LETTER-WRITERS. — FOOTNOTES:
35. 35.CHAPTER V. — ESSAYISTS, MINOR MORALISTS, CRITICS. — FOOTNOTES:
36. 36.CHAPTER VI. — PHILOSOPHERS. — FOOTNOTES:
37. 37.CHAPTER VII. — THEOLOGIANS AND PREACHERS. — FOOTNOTES:
38. 38.INTERCHAPTER III. — SUMMARY OF SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY LITERATURE. — FOOTNOTES:
39. 39.BOOK IV. — THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.
40. 40.CHAPTER I. — POETS. — FOOTNOTES:
41. 41.CHAPTER II. — DRAMATISTS.
42. 42.CHAPTER III. — NOVELISTS. — FOOTNOTES:
43. 43.CHAPTER IV. — HISTORIANS, MEMOIR-WRITERS, LETTER-WRITERS. — FOOTNOTES:
44. 44.CHAPTER V. — ESSAYISTS, MINOR MORALISTS, CRITICS.
45. 45.CHAPTER VI. — PHILOSOPHERS.
46. 46.CHAPTER VII. — SCIENTIFIC WRITERS. — FOOTNOTES:
47. 47.INTERCHAPTER IV. — SUMMARY OF EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY LITERATURE.
48. 48.BOOK V. — THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. — FOOTNOTES:
49. 49.CONCLUSION. — FOOTNOTES:
50. 50.INDEX. — THE END.

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