Burkhard Schulte-Werning; David Thompson; Pierre-Etienne Gautier; Carl Hanson; Brian Hemsworth; James Nelson; Tatsu Maeda Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG (2008) Saatavuus: Tilaustuote Kovakantinen kirja
Tom Plunkett; Brian Macdonald; Bruce Nelson; Mark Hornick; Helen Sun; Khader Mohiuddin; Debra Harding; Gokula Mishra; St McGraw Hill (2014) Saatavuus: Painos loppu Pehmeäkantinen kirja
In this highly accessible introduction, Brian Nelson provides an overview of French literature - its themes and forms, traditions and transformations - from the Middle Ages to the present. Major writers, including Francophone authors writing from areas other than France, are discussed chronologically in the context of their times, to provide a sense of the development of the French literary tradition and the strengths of some of the most influential writers within it. Nelson offers close readings of exemplary passages from key works, presented in English translation and with the original French. The exploration of the work of important writers, including Villon, Racine, Molière, Voltaire, Balzac, Flaubert, Zola, Proust, Sartre and Beckett, highlights the richness and diversity of French literature.