French Literature

French literature dictionaries available at the Reed Library in both French and English

French dictionaries of the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.

A large multidisciplinary collection of French reference works.

Revised/updated comprehensive reference on all aspects of poetry and poetics: history, movements, genres, prosody, rhetorical devices, critical terms, and more. Also available in print: copies available in both Reference and Stacks, PN1021. N39 2012

French literature dictionaries available at the Reed Library in both French and English

Surveys the lives and works of 300 famous French writers. Entries are devoted to the primary writers, with some entries on important movements, literary groups and publications. Each volume includes a thematic index, title index and a chronology. Reference PQ41. L48 1992

Articles on women who worked mainly in France between the Middle Ages & 20th century are complemented by essays on literary, historical and sociological subjects. Appendices include a general bibliography and chronology of women writers. Stacks PQ149. F47 1999

Bibliography of primary and secondary works covering 51 of France's most important women writers. An additional chapter covers women troubadours of the 12th and 13th centuries. Stacks, PQ149. F73 1991

Covers the poetry/compositions of trouvéres from their beginnings to 1350. Contains references to materials published between 1970 to 1990 arranged by subject, form and genre, and author. Stacks PQ199. D67 1994

Selective bibliography of criticism published from 1960 - 1990 on French poetry of all periods. Includes books and journal articles in French and in English. Stacks PQ401. C65 1993

List of all the volumes of the Dictionary of Literary Biography (includes career biographies and criticism) related to French writers. Located under various call numbers in Oversize.