French and Francophone Resources: Print
Print Resources
- Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, par une Société de Gens de lettreswas published under the direction of Diderot and d'Alembert, with 17 volumes of text and 11 volumes of plates between 1751 and 1772. Containing 74,000 articles written by more than 130 contributors, the Encyclopédie was a massive reference work for the arts and sciences, as well as a machine de guerre which served to propagate the ideas of the French Enlightenment.
Guide to French Literature
LOCKWOOD Reference PQ 41 .L49 1994.
2 large volumes. Vol. 1 "Beginnings to 1789," vol. 2 "1789 to the Present." Entries on groups and trends as well as on individual writers. Only covers France.
New Oxford Companion to Literature in French
LOCKWOOD Reference PQ 41 .N48 1995
Entries of over 3000 writers and works. Includes essays on literary movements and genres. Includes coverage of Francophone writers. Includes some major francophone writers.
