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