French Literature

Questions? Ask us! The Bibliographer for English & Romance Literatures, Sarah G. Wenzel, can be reached via email or phone -- or drop by JRL 363.

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@ the U of C: Library Catalog or Lens (beta)

@ other libraries (WorldCat)

-- books & other materials in over 10,000 libraries worldwide

-- request delivery from non-U of C libraries via Find It

(or check other options, e.g., visiting Northwestern)

@ French universities (SUDOC)

-- over 3000 institutions

Find primary sources (full text)

ARTFL

-- books on all subjects from the 12th-20th centuries

BASIL

-- 1000 novels, tales, & short stories from the middle ages - 20th century

-- books, images & recordings from the Bibliothèque Nationale de France

other options -- online & in print

Find definitions & explanations (a sample): Grand Robert; Dictionnaires d'autrefois, including Dictionnaires de l'Académie Française from 1694-1935 (ARTFL); Concise Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary (English-French & French-English); Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms; Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory; other options...

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Modern Languages Association (MLA)

-- literature, languages, linguistics, folklore

-- European journals, etc. in all fields (from 1983-present; print from 1896-present)

-- humanities & social sciences from 1665-2000

-- humanities & social sciences, strong in European publications (from 1984-present); print from 1947-present)

Find articles from 18th-19th centuries

British Periodicals

-- 1690-1930

-- American & British journals, newspapers, etc., from 1790-1919

-- American & British periodicals, 1802-1906

Find biographies (a sample): Dictionary of Literary Biography; Contemporary Authors; World Biographical Information System