A Short History of French Literature

by George Saintsbury

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Contents

1. Preface
2. Chapter I. The Origins
3. Chapter II. The Chansons De Gestes
4. Chapter III. Provençal Literature
5. Chapter IV. Romances of Arthur and of Antiquity
6. Chapter V. Fabliaux. The Roman Du Renart
7. Chapter VI. Early Lyrics
8. Chapter VII. Serious and Allegorical Poetry
9. Chapter VIII. Romans D'Aventures
10. Chapter IX. Later Songs and Poems
11. Chapter X. The Drama
12. Chapter XI. Prose Chronicles
13. Chapter XII. Miscellaneous Prose
14. Interchapter I
15. Chapter I. Villon, Comines, and the Later Fifteenth Century
16. Chapter II. Marot and His Contemporaries
17. Chapter III. Rabelais and His Followers
18. Chapter IV. The Pléiade
19. Chapter V. The Theatre from Gringore to Garnier
20. Chapter VI. Calvin and Amyot
21. Chapter VII. Montaigne and Brantôme
22. Chapter VIII. The Satyre Ménippée . Regnier
23. Interchapter II
24. Chapter I. Poets
25. Chapter II. Dramatists
26. Chapter III. Novelists
27. Chapter IV. Historians, Memoir-Writers, Letter-Writers
28. Chapter V. Essayists, Minor Moralists, Critics
29. Chapter VI. Philosophers
30. Chapter VII. Theologians and Preachers
31. Interchapter III
32. Chapter I. Poets
33. Chapter II. Dramatists
34. Chapter III. Novelists
35. Chapter IV. Historians, Memoir-Writers, Letter-Writers
36. Chapter V. Essayists, Minor Moralists, Critics
37. Chapter VI. Philosophers
38. Chapter VII. Scientific Writers
39. Interchapter IV
40. Book V. The Nineteenth Century
41. Conclusion

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