Landmarks in French Literature eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 183 pages of information about Landmarks in French Literature.

Landmarks in French Literature eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 183 pages of information about Landmarks in French Literature.

Parnassiens, Les, 172, 173
Pascal, Blaise (1623-62), 41-44, 129, 144, 175, 176
  Lettres Provinciales, 41-42, 43, 129
  Pensees, 43-44
Philosophes, Les, 111-115, 118, 133, 134
Pleiade, La, 22-24, 31, 32
Pombal, 115
Pope, Alexander, 135
Pradon, Nicolas (1632-98), 55
Precieux, Les, 33-34, 41, 55
Prevost, l’Abbe (1697-1763), 157-158
  Manon Lescaut, 157-158, 159

Rabelais, Francois (c. 1494-c. 1553), 24-27, 28, 31, 117, 175
Racine, Jean (1639-99), 37, 48, 53, 55, 56, 64-79, 85, 87, 93, 100,
  103, 143, 144, 150, 175, 176
  Andromaque, 76
  Bajazet, 77
  Berenice, 68, 70-71
  Britannicus, 77
  Phedre, 77-79
  Les Plaideurs, 77
Renan, Ernest (1823-92), 167, 172
Richelieu, Cardinal de (1585-1642), 32, 36
Romans Bretons, 9, 10
Roman de Renard, 10
Roman de la Rose, 14-16
Ronsard, Pierre de (1524-85), 22, 23-34, 175
  La Franciade, 23
  Odes, 23
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (1712-78), 112, 131-139, 145, 146, 158, 159, 175
  Confessions, 133, 137-138
  Le Contrat Social, 132
  La Nouvelle Heloise, 132, 158

Sainte-Beuve, Charles-Augustin (1804-69), 167-168
  Causeries du Lundi, 168
  Port-Royal, 168
Saint-Simon, Duc de (1675-1755), 105-110, 136, 153, 175
  Memoires, 105-110, 136
Sand, George [pseud. of Amandine Lucile Aurore Dupin] (1804-76),
  159, 168
  Francois le Champi, 168
  La Mare au Diable, 168
  La Petite Fadette, 168
Scott, Sir Walter, 35
Scudery, Madeleine de (1607-1701), 157
Sevigne, Mme. de (1626-96), 48
Shakespeare, 35, 56, 60, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 73, 102, 152,
  153, 157, 175
Sirven (1709-64), 126
Sophocles, 78
Stendhal [pseud, of Marie-Henri Beyle] (1783-1842), 160, 176
  La Chartreuse de Parme, 160
  Le Rouge et Le Noir, 160
Sully Prudhomme, Rene Francois Armand (1839-1907), 172
Swift, Jonathan, 173

Tacitus, 173
Taine, Henri (1828-93), 167
Theocritus, 143
Turgot, Anne Robert Jacques (1727-81), 112, 118

Verlaine, Paul (1844-96), 174-175
Versailles, 45-47, 106
Vigny, Alfred de (1797-1863), 148, 155-156, 175
  Colere de Samson, 156
  Maison du Berger, 156
  Moise, 156
  Monts des Oliviers, 156
  La Mort du Loup, 156
  Servitude et Grandeur Militaires, 156
Villehardouin, Geoffroi de (c. 1160-1213), 13, 14
  La Conquete de Constantinople, 12-13
Villon, Francois (1431-1463 or after), 18-19, 20, 24, 175
  Grand Testament, 18
  Petit Testament, 18
Virgil, 8, 101
Voltaire, Francois Marie Arouet de (1694-1778), 35, 100-103, 105,

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