A HISTORY OF THE FRENCH NOVEL (TO THE CLOSE OF THE 19TH CENTURY)
BY GEORGE SAINTSBURY M.A. AND HON. D.LITT. OXON.; HON. LL.D.
PREFACE
ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY The early history of prose fiction.
CHAPTER II THE MATTERS OF FRANCE, ROME, AND BRITAIN
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV THE BEGINNINGS OF PROSE FICTION Prose novelettes of
CHAPTER V ALLEGORY, FABLIAU, AND PROSE STORY OF COMMON LIFE The
CHAPTER VI RABELAIS The anonymity, or at least impersonality, of authorship up to this point.
CHAPTER VII THE SUCCESSORS OF RABELAIS AND THE INFLUENCE OF THE "AMADIS" ROMANCES
CHAPTER VIII THE SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY NOVEL I The Pastoral and
CHAPTER IX THE SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY NOVEL II From "Francion" to
CHAPTER X LESAGE, MARIVAUX, PREVOST, CREBILLON
CHAPTER XI THE PHILOSOPHE NOVEL
CHAPTER XII "SENSIBILITY." MINOR AND LATER NOVELISTS. THE FRENCH NOVEL, C. 1800 "Sensibility."
APPENDICES
CHRONOLOGICAL CONSPECTUS OF THE PRINCIPAL WORKS OF FRENCH FICTION NOTICED IN THIS VOLUME 11th Century
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
INDEX
A HISTORY OF ENGLISH PROSODY FROM THE TWELFTH CENTURY TO THE
OTHER WORKS BY DR. GEORGE SAINTSBURY
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