LIBRARY GUIDE TO FRH 4200 - French Literature 20th Century

Cambridge Companions : overviews of various authors and topics in French literature, including:

• The Cambridge Companion to Proust
• The Cambridge Companion to Modern French Culture
• The Cambridge Companion to Sartre
• The Cambridge Companion to Camus
• The Cambridge Companion to Simone de Beauvoir
• The Cambridge Companion to the African novel
   

The Columbia History of Twentieth-Century French Thought (Ref, DC 33.7 .C575 2006)

Dictionary of Literary Bibliography - French novelists in the 20th century (1900-1930, 1930-1960 and since 1960)
Encyclopedias covering authors, books and various topics. Each chapter provides an extensive bibliography.

Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism
See entries on French theory and criticism, organized by period. There are also entries on specific writers like Foucault.

Library OneSearch
Use the catalog to find books, videos, recordings, and goverment documents we have at the library.

MelCat
A statewide catalog of many of Michigan's libraries. It allows you to request books at another library be sent to Kresge Library for you.

MLA International Bibliography
The most comprehensive search tool for articles and book chapters in literature.

• Finding Articles on French Literature

Arts and Humanities Citation Index
Allows you to search for articles about topics in the arts and humanities (literature, music, film studies, etc.). Provides information on related works.

JSTOR ,  and Project MUSE
Full text of numerous French literature journals.

• Searching for Foreign-Language Material in JSTOR

Historical Abstracts  
Sources on the historical context

Selected journals:

• French Review
• French Studies
• Etudes Francaises
• Etudes littéraires
• See other French journals online at Cairn.info

Marcel Proust, A la recherche du temps perdu
Alain-Fournier, Le grand Meaulnes
Jean Paul Sartre, Théâtre (includes Huis clos)
Samuel Beckett, En attendant Godot
Albert Camus, L'étranger
Mariama Bâ, Une si longue lettre (in English only)
Simone de Beauvoir, La femme rompue

Gallica: The online digital library of the Bibliotheque Nationale, contains thousands of full text books of 19th century French literature.

Project Gutenberg: Large online collection of French literature.

Wikisource: French literature and press of the 20th century in full text

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