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French 224: Théâtre et politique: Corneille, Molière, Racine

6. Bibliographies


All Literary Periods

Bassan, Fernande. French language and literature: an annotated bibliography. New York: Garland, 1989.
Widener: RR 3162.15

Listing of works related to the study of various literary periods, including Francophone literature, along with general reference and bibliographical works, studies devoted to the French language. Covers publications through 1988. For example, the Seventeenth Century section includes the typical range of publications: bibliographies, dictionaries, journals, history, literary histories, anthologies, literary criticism, studies arranged by genre and literary movements.

Bibliographie der französischen Literaturwissenschaft. 1960-
Frankfurt am Main: V. Klostermann.
Widener: RR 3162.6 Latest five years
WID-LC Z2171 .B56 Earlier years

An extensive index of journal articles and book chapters, covering general works, works arranged by century. For the 17th, sections devoted to Bihbliographies and references, Histoire des Idées, Etudes littéraires, Thèmes, Langue et stylistique, Influence, genres (Poésie, Prose, Théâtre) follwed by the authors section. Exhaustive, scholarly citations. (Some overlap with the MLA International Bibliography).

Cioranescu, Alexandre. Bibliographie de la littérature française du dix-septième siècle. Paris: Editions du Centre national de la recherche scientifique, 1965-1966, 1965-1967.
Widener: RR 3173.35 Library has: 3 v.

Vol. 3 (in three parts) covers the seventeenth century. Very detailed bibliographies of authors' works and studies of each work. The best approach for finding themes is to use the general index which refers to numbered entries in the volumes.

A Critical bibliography of French literature. Enl. ed. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, 1952- (1964 printing)-
Widener: RR 3162. 2.1

A Critical bibliography of French literature. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press,
1947- edited by David C. Cabeen and Jules Brody.
Widener: 37530.100
Widener: RR 3162.2

Includes: all periods with v. 3. The seventeenth century / edited by Nathan Edelman and v. 3A. The seventeenth century, supplement / edited by H. Gaston Hall. Very detailed listing of author's works and studies about those works. Background materials followed by studies of genres (poetry, prose, etc.) and individual authors and listings of articles and books on special topics. Informative annotations throughout.

Dictionary of literary biography. Detroit: Gale Research, 1978-
Widener: RR 3129.5

The DLB contains lengthy biography with critical commentary and bibliographies of primary and secondary works of a wide range of writers, living and deceased. Some brief articles appear; for major figures, comprehensive pieces include biographical materials, references, the location of the author’s papers. Articles are accompanied by drawings, photographs, paintings, copies of manuscript pages and covers of first editions. Use the index in the last volume of the series to find all authors (each volume contains a cumulative index). Volume 268: Seventeenth-Century French writers covers Bouhours, d'Urfé, Molière, Nicole, La Fayette, Furtière and others.

Seventeenth Century

French 17. v. 26- 1978-
Fort Collins, Colo., Published for Seventeenth Century French Division of Modern Language Association of America by Colorado State University.
Widener: RR 3162.8 Latest five years
Widener: WID-LC PQ241.Z99 M6x Earlier years

An annual descriptive bibliography in several parts: Bibliography, Linguistics and History of the Book; Artistic, Political and Social Background; Philosophy, History and Criticism; Authors and Personnages; Research in Progress. Useful evaluative annotations for all sources (often excerpts from book reviews). Index to all parts, except Authors and Personnages.

Finding Author Bibliographies

In addition to consulting the sources above, you may use HOLLIS and the MLA bibliography to locate individual author bibliographies.

  • In HOLLIS, use Expanded Search, Subject words: molière and bibliography, to retrieve works which are entirely devoted to listings of primary and secondary sources or works which contain substantial bibliographical information (such as exhibition catalogs).
  • To search for bibliographies that appeared as books or as journal articles, you may also use the MLA International Bibliography (See 3. Finding Journal Articles). A keyword search for the author's name and bibliography, e.g. racine and bibliography, will retrieve these items.

    • Selected Author bibliographies

    Corneille

    Catalogue of Corneille collection. [London: J. J.  Pearson, 1910?]
    Houghton: f *FC6 C8147 Q910m
    The Houghton Library copy is the gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 26 Jan. 1910.

    Le Verdier, Pierre Jacques Gabriel. Additions à  la Bibliographie cornélienne / par P. Le Verdier et E. Pelay. Rouen: A. Lestringant; Paris: Ed. Rahir, 1908.
    Houghton: Reading Room HRR 3262992
    Widener: 38575.22.4 Muller, Charles. Étude de statistique lexicale, le vocabulaire du théâtre de Pierre Corneille. Paris, Larousse, 1967.                        
    Widener: 38575.103.2.2                          
    Widener: Harvard Depository 38575.103.2

    Ritter, Ada. Bibliographie zu Pierre Corneille von 1958 bis 1983. Erftstadt: Lukassen, 1983.
    Widener: WID-LC PQ1772.Z99 R57 x, 1983

    Molière

    Bibliothèque nationale (France). Département desimprimés. Catalogue des ouvrages de Molière conservés au Département des imprimés et dans les  bibliothèques Mazarine, Sainte-Geneviève, de l'Arsenal et de l'Université de Paris. Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1933.
    Widener: Mol 560.22

    Dulait, Suzanne. Inventaire raisonné des autographes de Molière. Avec fac-similés de tous les autographes dont on possède encore l'original ou la reproduction figurée (1643-1967). Genève, Droz, 1967.
    Widener: Mol 560.12

    Guibert, A.-J. (Albert-Jean) Bibliographie des oeuvres de Molière publiées au XVIIe siècle. Paris: Centre national de la recherche scientifique, 1977.
    Houghton: Reading Room HRR326579

    Guibert, A.-J. (Albert-Jean) Bibliographie des oeuvres  de Molière publiées au XVIIe siècle. Supplément. Paris: Centre national de la recherche scientifique, 1965.
    Houghton: Reading Room HRR 3265792
    Widener: Mol 560.28.1

    Harvard University. Library. Catalogue of the Molière Collection in Harvard College Library, acquired chiefly from the library of the late Ferdinand Bôcher... Comp. by Thomas Franklin Currier ... and Ernest Lewis Gay. Cambridge, Mass., Library of Harvard University, 1906.
    Harvard Archives: HUF 523.808 vol.57
    Widener: RR 58.6 vol. 57
    Widener: Harvard Depository B 8416.71 no.57
    Widener: Mol 560.16
    Widener Ref 606.2.5
    Master Microforms: Harvard Depository Film Mas 7233

    Racine

    Catalogue of Racine collection. [London : John Pearson, 1910?]                        
    Houghton: f *FC6 R115 Q910m The Houghton Library copy was presented by J. Pierpont Morgan, 26 Jan. 1910.

    Guibert, A.-J. (Albert-Jean) Bibliographie des oeuvres de Jean Racine publiées au XVIIe siècle et oeuvres posthumes / Albert Jean Guibert. Paris: Éditions du Centre national de la recherche scientifique, 1968 [i.e. 1969]
    Houghton: Reading Room HRR3267265
    Widener: 38585.72

    Moravcevich, June. Jean Racine's Andromaque: an annotated bibliography / June Moravcevich. Paris; Seattle: Papers on French seventeenth century literature, 1984.
    Widener: WID-LC PQ241 .P36x Suppl., vol. 17

    Pons, A. J. Les éditions illustrées de  Racine / par A. J. Pons. Paris: A. Quantin, 1878.
    Widener: 38585.4

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