A History of French Literature

A History of French Literature
Edward Dowden, irish critic and poet (1843-1913)

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Table of Contents
-01- About this book
-02- PREFACE
-03- BOOK THE FIRST. THE MIDDLE AGES
-04- CHAPTER I. NARRATIVE RELIGIOUS POETRY
-05- CHAPTER II. LYRICAL POETRY
-06- CHAPTER III. DIDACTIC LITERATURE
-07- CHAPTER IV. LATEST MEDIÆVAL POETS
-08- BOOK THE SECOND. THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
-09- CHAPTER I RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
-10- CHAPTER II. FROM THE PLÉIADE TO MONTAIGNE
-11- BOOK THE THIRD. THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
-12- CHAPTER I. LITERARY FREEDOM AND LITERARY ORDER
-13- CHAPTER II. THE FRENCH ACADEMY
-14- CHAPTER III. THE DRAMA MONTCHRESTIEN TO CORNEILLE
-15- CHAPTER IV. SOCIETY AND PUBLIC LIFE IN LETTERS
-16- CHAPTER V. BOILEAU AND LA FONTAINE
-17- CHAPTER VI. COMEDY AND TRAGEDY
-18- CHAPTER VII. BOSSUET AND THE PREACHERS
-19- CHAPTER VIII. TRANSITION TO THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
-20- BOOK THE FOURTH. THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
-21- CHAPTER I. MEMOIRS AND HISTORY
-22- CHAPTER II. MONTESQUIEU
-23- CHAPTER III.DIDEROT AND THE ENCYCLOPÆDIA
-24- CHAPTER IV. ROUSSEAU
-25- BOOK THE FIFTH. 1789 TO 1850
-26- CHAPTER I. THE REVOLUTION AND THE EMPIRE
-27- CHAPTER II. THE CONFLICT OF IDEAS
-28- CHAPTER III. POETRY OF THE ROMANTIC SCHOOL
-29- CHAPTER IV. THE NOVEL
-30- CHAPTER V. HISTORY