| Description |
vi, 144 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Modern French literature -1870-1940 Outside conditions Inner development -- A portent -Rimbaud: 1854-73-91 -- Mallarmé: 1842-98 -- The opposite pole -Zola: 1840-1903: the reaction against Zola -religion and philosophy -- The industrialization of the novel: esoteric literature -- Loti: 1850-1923 -- The incidence of politics on French literature: a note on the three affaires: Panama, Boulanger, Dreyfus -- Anatole F́rance: 1844-1924 -- Maurice Barrès: 1862-1923 -- Romain Rolland: 1866-1945 -- Literary critics -- Cyrano de Bergerac (1897) -the downfall of the theatre -- The turn of the century -- The essay -- Duhamel: b.1884 -- Jules Romains: b.1885 -- Gide: b.1869 -- Proust: 1871-1922 -- The novel in the twentieth century -- Paul Valéry: 1871-1945 -- Supervielle -- Rhyme and reason: a note on Provence -- Conclusions What are the French?: literature and character |
| Notes |
"Bibliographical index": p. 140-143. "General bibliography": p. 144 |
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"First published 1946." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
French literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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French literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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French literature -- 19th century.
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French literature -- 20th century.
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| LC no. |
47002207 |
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