An Outline History of French Literature

Agrippa d'Aubigné Alfred de Musset Alfred de Vigny Antoine Balzac became Bibliography Boileau Born at Paris chansons chansons de geste Characteristics as author Characteristics as poet characters Charles château comedy contain contemporaine Corneille criticism critique developed Discours Doumic drama dramatist Dumas edition eighteenth century Elected to French Émile Émile Zola Essai Faguet Femme François François Coppée French Academy French literature Gautier Henry Histoire Hôtel Hôtel de Rambouillet Idées influence Italy Jean l'homme l'œuvre lack langue Lettres literary lyric Madame Malherbe Marguerite Marguerite d'Angoulême Maurice Barrès modern Molière Montaigne moralistes Mort moyen âge naturalistic noteworthy novelist novels œuvres Paul Paul Bourget Petit philosophy Pierre Poèmes poems poésie poète poetical poétique poetry politiques Previously cited published Racine Representative plays Roman Rousseau Saint satire seventeenth century Sévigné spent Studied at Collège Studied law style symbolistic theater Théâtre Théophile tragedy translation twentieth century verse Victor Hugo Voltaire writing written Wrote XVIIIe siècle