This text traces the history of French literature from its beginnings to the modern day: from the oral works of the Middle Ages via the print culture in the Ren... » 

This text traces the history of French literature from its beginnings to the modern day: from the oral works of the Middle Ages via the print culture in the Renaissance, through to the attempted codification of genres and styles in the 19th century and the resourceful experimentation of the 20th. «