- Hardcover: 918 pages
- Publisher: OUP Oxford; 1st Edition edition (30 Mar 1995)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0198661258
- ISBN-13: 978-0198661252
- Product Dimensions: 16.5 x 5.7 x 24.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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"No other English-language compilation offers the breadth of coverage of the New Oxford Companion to Literature in French."--Booklist
"Never ponderous, the entries are incisive. The authors are not afraid to come out with judgements. It will be much admired."--Professor Victor Brombert, Princeton University
"One of the best Oxford companions.... This is just the book for the prospective major in French or comp lit--or for anyone who enjoys reading the only literature in the world to rival that of England and America."--The Washington Post Book World
"Encompasses the world's rich and multifaceted Francophone heritage, with its cultural, historical, and linguistic variations....Essential as a research tool for both teaching and study, it also contains a wealth of information for the general reader."--Library Journal
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The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French is far more than a simple revision of the original Oxford Companion to French Literature, published in 1959, and described by The Listener as the `standard work of reference for English-speaking enquirers into French literature'. As the change in title implies, this completely new work presents an authoritative guide not only to ten centuries of literature produced in the territory now called France, but also to the rich literary output of other French-speaking countries around the world. The scope of the Companion is deliberately open and inclusive, challenging and extending the traditional canon. Literature is understood in a broad sense, ranging from strip cartoon and pamphlet to tragedy and epic, and particular attention is devoted to francophone writing from outside France. Written by an international team of specialists, entries cover individual authors and works - over 3,000 of them - from the troubadours to Césaire, and from La Princesse de Clèves to La Vie mode d'emploi. Each is discussed in detail within their historical, cultural, and intellectual context. Among the new features of the Companion are the substantial essay-entries, reflecting up-to-date scholarship and theoretical debates on topics such as: - literary movements and genres - historical subjects such as chivalry, or Occupation and Resistance in wartime France - movements of thought from Scholasticism to feminism - linguistic topics - the sciences - the arts and media, including opera, cinema, and press As a divertissement for readers, an entry on `Quotations' lists 100 well-known quotations from the canon of French literature. Adventurous and wide-ranging, The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French will be an indispensable and hugely enjoyable reference work for all scholars, students and general readers.
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Format:Hardcover
I have scores of reference books on French language, literature, art, history and so on, yet I find myself pulling this one out almost as often as the rest put together.
Do not let the admittedly high price put you off. Its 865 pages of fairly small print are packed with superbly concise entries on everything you can think of and more besides, like history and cinema. Heaven knows how the editors managed to get it this good first time. One reviewer called it the best work of its kind in the English language: I have yet to see one this good in French!
Do not let the admittedly high price put you off. Its 865 pages of fairly small print are packed with superbly concise entries on everything you can think of and more besides, like history and cinema. Heaven knows how the editors managed to get it this good first time. One reviewer called it the best work of its kind in the English language: I have yet to see one this good in French!
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Peter France for French Literary Studies
5 April 2000
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The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French is well written, clear, concise. It takes you 30 seconds to 5 minutes to read any subject and yet get a pretty good idea about it. I am at the Graduate Level of French Studies and I have found every entry that I have searched for: from critics' profiles to genre definitions, it has all the major authors and their writings, as well as explanations about historical and political issues relevant to French Literature. It is a strictly informative text; by this I mean that it does not intend to express any particular point of view. Finally, the editing and printing make it very easy to use and read.
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