French literature : a cultural history /
Alison Finch.
- Cambridge ; Malden, MA : Polity, c2010.
- 247 p. ; 23 cm.
- Cultural history of literature .
Includes bibliographic references (p. [222]-232) and index.
From the beginnings to the Renaissance -- From Sun King to Enlightenment (1630-1789) -- Between revolutions (1789-1830) -- Balzac and the birth of cultural studies (1830-1870) -- Republic, reaction and the murder of taste (1870-1913) -- Despair and optimism (1913-1944) -- Commitment and playfulness (1944-1968) -- After May 1968 -- `Foreignness` early and modern -- Francophone literature : recent developments.