5. XIXe et XXe Siecles
Subject Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Dictionnaire de poésie: de Baudelaire à nos jours / publié sous la direction de Michel Jarrety. Paris: Presses universitaires de France, 2001.
Widener: WID-LC PQ431 .D53 2001x
Signed articles on poets, literary movements and reviews and other concepts and terms. Each entry has a bibliography and a listing of related entries.
Dictionnaire des lettres françaises. Le XXe siècle / éd. réalisée sous la dir. de Martine Bercot... et d'André Guyaux,...[Paris] Librairie générale française, 1998.
Widener: WID-LC PQ41 .D538 1998x
A one-volume work containing 1800 short entries, including coverage of Francophone authors and countries/regions. Some secondary sources are listed in entries for authors, literary movements, literary journals, periodicals and publishing houses.
Dictionnaire des oeuvres du XXe siècle: littérature française et francophone / sous la direction de Henri Mitterand. Paris: Dictionnaires Le Robert, 1995.
Widener: WID-LC PQ41 .D537 1995x
Contains entries on over 1500 works and 57 literary reviews along with 73 syntheses on movements, genres, etc. Concludes with a chronology of the twentieth century with notes on political, literary and artistic events. Entries include first edition information for books and information on journals in which poems first appeared.
Larousse, Pierre. Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle: français, historique, géographique, mythologique, bibliographique, littéraire, artistique, scientifique, etc. Genève: Slatkine, 1982.
Widener: WID-LC AE25 .L32x 1982 F
Modern French literature: a library of literary criticism / compiled and edited by Debra Popkin, Michael Popkin. New York: Ungar, 1977.Reprint. Originally published in Paris by l'Administration du grand dictionnaire universel, 1866-[1890]
Widener: RR3175.35
Lamont: REF.ROOM PQ306 .M57
A collection of excerpts of critical writings on contemporary authors from books, essays and reviews. Entries arranged chronologically by author, including early reviews and a broad spectrum of criticism. Largely French criticism in English translation.
Bibliographies
Chalonge, Florence de. Bibliographie du dix-neuvième siècle: lettres, arts, sciences, histoire: année 1998. [Paris]: Sedes, 1999.
Widener: Ordered--received; request via online
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At head of title: Société des études romantiques et dix-neuvièmistes.
An "experimental" bibliography, including literary works as well as works in the arts, sciences, social sciences and history, arranged by type of resource rather than by discipline. Lists contents of periodical issues. Internet sites are included. Thematic index and index of critics.
French XX bibliography. no. 21- 1969-
New York: French Institute-Alliance Française.
Widener: RR 3162.13 Latest five years
Widener: WID-LC PQ305 .F7x Earlier years
An index of journal articles, books and book chapters arranged by topic, such as Francophone literature, Literary history, themes, topics, theory and by genre (novel, poetry, theatre). Sections devoted to poetry and to surrealism. The poetry entries for books include each author covered (in brackets). (Note: Some duplication with the MLA, but coverage in some areas differs and coverage of book chapters is extensive in French XX).
Place, Jean-Michel. Bibliographie des revues et journaux littéraires des XIXe et XXe siècle. Paris: Editions de la Chronique des lettres françaises, 1973-1977. 3 v.
Widener: 37567.753
A comprehensive bibliography of 46 literary publications for the period 1875-1930. Arranged chronologically by date of first issue, the title entries include title page images, history, detailed description (dates, frequency, place of publication, coverage, price history, editorial staff, location of repositories and collections, reprints and a table of contents listing for each issue published. Name index in vol. 3.
Literary Histories
Boisdeffre, Pierre de. Histoire de la littérature de langue française des années 1930 aux années 1980. Nouv. éd. Paris: Libr. académique Perrin, 1985.
Widener: WID-LC PQ305 .B56 1985
Contents: [1] Roman, théâtre -- [2] Poésie, idées, dictionnaire des auteurs.
The Cambridge companion to the French novel: from 1800 to
the present / edited by Timothy Unwin. Cambridge, U.K.;
New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Widener: WID-LC PQ671 .C296 1997
Lamont: PQ671 .C296 1997
Essays on topics such as "nineteenth-century realism, women and fiction, popular fiction, experiment and innovation, war and the Holocaust, the Francophone novel and postmodern fiction." --front matter. Chronology and general bibliography.
Histoire de la littérature française du XIXe siècle / Alain Vaillant, Jean-Pierre Bertrand, Philippe Régnier. Paris: Nathan, 1998.
Widener: WID-LC PQ281 .H588 1998x
Each chapter has bibliographies, a selection of critical works and a listing of specialized journals.
Histoire de la littérature française du XXe siècle / sous la direction de Michèle Touret. Rennes: Presses universitaires de Rennes, [2000]-
Widener: WID-LC PQ305 .H57 2000x
Le portatif d'histoire littéraire / [édité par] Robert Melançon, Elisabeth Nardout-Lafarge, Stéphane Vachon. Montréal: Dép. d'études françaises, Université de Montréal 1998.
Widener: Harvard Depository Ordered-Received; request via online
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A history of literary history via its historians and theorists. Extensive bibliography.
Précis de littérature française du XIXe siècle / sous la direction de Madeleine Ambrière. 1 éd. Paris: Presses universitaires de France, 1990.
Widener: WID-LC PQ281 .P7 1990
Précis de littérature française du XXe siècle / sous la direction de Jacques Robichez. 1re éd. Paris: Presses universitaires de France, 1985.
Widener: WID-LC PQ305 .P74 1985
Précis in this series include Tableau chronologique and bibliographies.