Two centuries of French literature / Translated by John Cairncross.

Author/creator Picard, Raymond
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : McGraw-Hill, [1970]
Description256 pages : illustrations (part color), facsimiles, portraits ; 20 cm.
Subjects
French literature--17th century. --History and criticism.
French literature--18th century. --History and criticism.

Uniform titleGénie de la littérature française, 1600-1800. English
SeriesWorld university library
World university library. ^A910759
Contents The Seventeenth Century. Religion, philosophy and psychological analysis : Pascal's Penseés, La Bruyère's Caractères -- Poetry in the seventeenth century : Malherbe, La Fontaine -- The seventeenth-century theatre : Corneille's tragedies, Molière's comedies, Racine's tragedies -- The seventeenth century novel : La Princesse de Clèves -- The Eighteenth Century. The eighteenth century theatre : Marivaux, Beaumarchais -- The eighteenth century novel : Manon Lescaut, Marivaux's novels, Les liaisons dangereuses -- Literature and the Enlightenment : Montesquieu, Voltaire, Diderot, Rousseau.
General noteTranslation of Génie de la littérature française, 1600-1800.
Bibliography noteBibliography: p. 237-250.
Issued in other formOnline version: Picard, Raymond, 1917- Génie de la littérature française, 1600-1800. English. Two centuries of French literature. New York, McGraw-Hill [1970]
LCCN 72077020