John Flower is professor emeritus of the University of Kent. He has taught in both English and French universities and was nominated Officier des Palmes académiques by the French government in recognition of his work.

Flower adds many revisions and 30 new entries to this second edition of Historical Dictionary of French Literature (first edition, CH, Jul'13, 50-5918) and updates the chronology, introduction, and extensive bibliography. The second edition provides an overview of French authors, works, and literary movements from the Middle Ages through the 21st century and places everything in sociohistorical and political context. The 500-plus alphabetically arranged, cross-referenced entries are geared toward students and supply valuable information about individual authors, works, and events not provided by any other recent publication; specific movements and periods are treated in longer entries. A particular strength of the volume is the inclusion of entries on 20th- and 21st-century literature, which students may not find in other English-language scholarly reference works focusing on France. This book is recommended for lower-division undergraduates through faculty; general readers.

• Editor’s Foreword, Jon WoronoffReader’s NoteAcknowledgmentsChronologyIntroductionTHE DICTIONARYBibliographyAbout the Author

John Flower is professor emeritus of the University of Kent. He has taught in both English and French universities and was nominated Officier des Palmes académiques by the French government in recognition of his work.

Flower adds many revisions and 30 new entries to this second edition of Historical Dictionary of French Literature (first edition, CH, Jul'13, 50-5918) and updates the chronology, introduction, and extensive bibliography. The second edition provides an overview of French authors, works, and literary movements from the Middle Ages through the 21st century and places everything in sociohistorical and political context. The 500-plus alphabetically arranged, cross-referenced entries are geared toward students and supply valuable information about individual authors, works, and events not provided by any other recent publication; specific movements and periods are treated in longer entries. A particular strength of the volume is the inclusion of entries on 20th- and 21st-century literature, which students may not find in other English-language scholarly reference works focusing on France. This book is recommended for lower-division undergraduates through faculty; general readers.

• Editor’s Foreword, Jon WoronoffReader’s NoteAcknowledgmentsChronologyIntroductionTHE DICTIONARYBibliographyAbout the Author