'This well-written, informed and wide-ranging survey of French Literature from the Renaissance to Francophonie provides a map which will be invaluable to students of French Studies in its widest sense.' - Forum for Modern Language Studies

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction PART 1: THE MAKING OF THE MODERN SUBJECT: RENAISSANCE AND REFORM (1500-1600) Classicism: The Making of the Ancien Regime (1600-1680) Enlightenment and Revolution (1680-1815) Notes on Part 1PART 2: THE BOURGEOIS CENTURY (1815-1914) Restoration to Revolution Reactions to Revolution (1848-1871) The First Inter-War Years (1871-1914) Notes on Part 2 PART 3: A CENTURY OF TRANSFORMATIONS Changing Language and Changing Worlds Changing Forms and Subjects Starting Fresh Notes on Part 3General Bibliography Index.

'This well-written, informed and wide-ranging survey of French Literature from the Renaissance to Francophonie provides a map which will be invaluable to students of French Studies in its widest sense.' - Forum for Modern Language Studies

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction PART 1: THE MAKING OF THE MODERN SUBJECT: RENAISSANCE AND REFORM (1500-1600) Classicism: The Making of the Ancien Regime (1600-1680) Enlightenment and Revolution (1680-1815) Notes on Part 1PART 2: THE BOURGEOIS CENTURY (1815-1914) Restoration to Revolution Reactions to Revolution (1848-1871) The First Inter-War Years (1871-1914) Notes on Part 2 PART 3: A CENTURY OF TRANSFORMATIONS Changing Language and Changing Worlds Changing Forms and Subjects Starting Fresh Notes on Part 3General Bibliography Index.

'This well-written, informed and wide-ranging survey of French Literature from the Renaissance to Francophonie provides a map which will be invaluable to students of French Studies in its widest sense.' - Forum for Modern Language Studies

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction PART 1: THE MAKING OF THE MODERN SUBJECT: RENAISSANCE AND REFORM (1500-1600) Classicism: The Making of the Ancien Regime (1600-1680) Enlightenment and Revolution (1680-1815) Notes on Part 1PART 2: THE BOURGEOIS CENTURY (1815-1914) Restoration to Revolution Reactions to Revolution (1848-1871) The First Inter-War Years (1871-1914) Notes on Part 2 PART 3: A CENTURY OF TRANSFORMATIONS Changing Language and Changing Worlds Changing Forms and Subjects Starting Fresh Notes on Part 3General Bibliography Index.