This book is the first to offer a cultural history of French literature from its very beginnings, analysing the relationship between French literature and France's evolving power structures from the Middle Ages through to the present day. It shows the political connections between the elite literature of France and other aspects of its culture, from racism, misogyny, tolerance and liberal reform to song, street performance, advertising and cinema. The nation's literature contributed to these and was shaped by them.
The book highlights the continuities and the unique fault-lines...
This book is the first to offer a cultural history of French literature from its very beginnings, analysing the relationship between French literature...
* Introduction to the literature of the eighteenth century and its cultural, social and political contexts. * Ties literary developments to the shaping of modernity during the period, including the growth of cities, global trade and travel, and rights for women, workers and slaves.
* Introduction to the literature of the eighteenth century and its cultural, social and political contexts. * Ties literary developments to the shapin...
