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French Literature and Its Background: Twentieth Century (Oxford Paperbacks)
French Literature and Its Background Twentieth Century - Oxford Paperbacks Author:John Cruickshank (Editor) French Literature and its Background is a series of six volumes, covering the period from the Renaissance to the present, in which a number of major literary figures are re-assessed and seen in relationship to certain aspects of intellectual history. This final volume extends roughly from the 1890s to the 1960s. — It begins with an attempt ... more »to sketch the origins of the "modern movement" and ends with an essay on the "nouveau roman." Aspects of the intellectual background are outlined in chapters on the Catholic revival, surrealist theory, the impact of two major wars, and the later ideological conflicts represented by the quarrel between Sartre and Camus. Various aspects of the theatre, the novel, and poetry occupy several chapters and there are separate essays on Proust, Valery, and Gide. As with the other volumes in the series, chronological tables provide cross-references to major names and events in history, literature, painting, music, and ideas.« less