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General Resources |
| ABU Bibliothèqe: Association des Bibliophiles Universelle |
| ARTFL (Univ. of Chicago Project for American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language) |
| Association des Bibliophiles Universels |
| Athena (extensive metapage of French and Swiss literary, arts, and scientific works) (Pierre Perroud) |
| Checklist of Editions of Major French Authors in Oxford (Voltaire Foundation, Oxford U.) |
| Chez Babbs, Salon Litteraire (Eluard, Baudelaire, Queneeau, Le Bernin, Rimbaud, Hugo, etc.) |
| Chroniques de Cybérie (French-language newsletter listing French-language sites in Canada and Europe) (Jean-Pierre Cloutier) |
| Dave's French Literature Links (created with David A. Gatwood's makehtml program from links by Bob Peckham ["TennesseeBob"]) |
| Ecila: Internet Search Engine for French Resources ("searches the keywords you specify in a database of documents, all of which are located in France . . . returns a list of URLs found and a short summary of the content of each page") |
| The French Collection at UVA |
| French-Language Newsgroups by Subjects |
| French Libraries (gopher) |
| Hapax: French Resources on the Web |
| La littérature et l'internet |
| La République des Lettres (in French; includes online texts for articles since 1994) |
| Le Français Vivant (French language and literature resources) (Michel Billard Sirakawa, U Orleans) |
| Le gopher LITTERATURES de l'Universite de Montreal |
| Les Nouvelles Ruines Circulaires (literature and theory metapage) |
| Letteratura francese (metapage in Italian) (Le Letterature del Mondo) (MC-link) |
| L'Explorateur Culturel (francophone culture and cyberculture metapage) (Ambassade de France, Ottawa) |
| République Internationale des Lettres |
| Tennessee Bob's Famous French Links |
| Théâtrales (French-language page of hypertext resources in theater studies) (Andre G. Bourassa) |
| University of Virginia's On-line Collection of French Texts |
| Un peu de poésie française et quelques extraits de textes...4/4/95 |
| Voltaire Foundation (Oxford U.) |
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Medieval |
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General Resources |
| The Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub (links to articles on Anglo-Norman language and culture, as well as description of on-line dictionary project) (U. of Wales, Aberystwyth, and U. of Wales, Swansea) |
| Bibliothèque nationale de France |
| French Middle Ages (comprehensive set of links, by David A. Gatwood) (Globe-Gate Project, TennesseeBob Peckham, U. of Tennessee at Martin) |
| French Medieval Literature & Civilization (The Labyrinth) |
| Cristian-Ioan Pânzaru (U. of Bucharest) Introduction à l'étude de la littéerature médiévale française (links to numerous study guides for aspects of medieval French literature, in French) |
| Old French on the Web (site with numerous links to Old French texts, to linguistic aids, and to cultural background information) (Joseph E. Price, Indiana U.) |
| Le théâtre médiévale (homepage linking to some 19 e-texts of plays in Old French, with an emphasis on mystery plays) (Rennes U.) |
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Authors and Anonymous Works (anonymous works alphabetized by standard title; some works are arranged by common subject or provenance) |
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Adam de la Halle |
| Adam de la Halle bibliography (Jesse Hurlbut, Brigham Young U.) |
| Li gieus de Robin et Marion (in Old French, with full scholarly apparatus for the edition) (Olivier Bettens) |
| Li jus Adan ou De la feuilee (Old French edition from the Monmerqué and Michel 1842 edition) (Jeffrey Grav, Indiana U.) |
| Albéric de Pisançon ou de Briançon Roman d'Alexandre (author bio and link to full e-text; also includes e-texts of two other literary renditions of the Alexander legend) (Bibliotheca Augustana) |
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Aucassin et Nicolette |
| C'est d'Aucasin et de Nicolette: A Medieval Chant-Fable (web essay including facing Old French and English translation of entire text, introductory essay, with numerous illuminations from a Picard manuscript contemporary with the poem) (Julia Bolton Holloway, U. of Colorado, Boulder) |
| Aucassin et Nicolette (translation into English by Eugene Mason) (Blackmask Online) |
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La chanson de Roland |
| La Chanson de Roland (short description, with link to full e-text in Old French) (Bibliotheca Augustana) |
| The Song of Roland (e-text of John O'Hagan's translation) (Medieval Sourcebook, Fordham U.) |
| The Song of Roland (text based on Moncrief's 1919 translation) (Online Medieval and Classical Library; Douglas B. Killings) |
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Charles d'Orléans |
| Charles, Duc d'Orléans (links to some 20 texts) (Emily Ezust, The Lied and Art Song Texts Page) |
| Charles d'Orléans (biography, plus texts of 7 poems)(La bibliothèque de la DGCID) |
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Chretien de Troyes |
| The Charrette Project (texts, background, and criticism of Chretien de Troyes' Le chevalier de la charrette; "a scholarly, multi-media electronic archive")(Princeton U.) |
| Chevalier au lion (transcriptions in Old French from a number of manuscripts) (Laboratoire de français ancien, U. of Ottawa) |
| Chevalier au lion: Transcription synoptique des manuscrits et fragments (manuscript description and transcription into Old French, as part of the LAF hosted by U. of Ottawa) (Kajsa Meyer, U. of Copenhagen) |
| Cliges (modern English,W.W.Comfort, trans.)(Online Medieval and Classical Library; U. California, Berkeley) |
| Le Conte du Graal (Perceval) (in Old French;transcription of ms BN fr 794)(Pierre Kunstman, U. of Ottawa) |
| Erec et Enide (modern English,W.W.Comfort, trans.)(Online Medieval and Classical Library; U. California, Berkeley) |
| Erec et Enide (in Old French) (Rennes U.) |
| Lancelot, or the Knight of the Cart (modern English,W.W.Comfort, trans.)(Online Medieval and Classical Library; U. California, Berkeley) |
| Yvain, or the Knight with the Lion (modern English,W.W.Comfort, trans.)(Online Medieval and Classical Library; U. California, Berkeley) |
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Perceval: Continuations and Supplements
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Christine de Pizan |
| Christine de Pizan (biography and bibliography) (Sunshine for Women) |
| The Christine de Pizan Database (description of project, concordances, and wordlists) (James Laidlaw, U. of Edinburgh) |
| Christine de Pizan Le Dit de la Rose (e-text of the 1891 Maurice Roy edition) (Miranda Beaven Remnek, U. of Minnesota) |
| Christine de Pisan Early Modern French Women Writers Collection (links to e-texts of 5 of Christine's works) (Electronic Text Research Center, U. of Minnesota) |
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Eustache Deschamps |
| Eustache Deschamps (short bio and texts of 3 poems, in French) (Florilège de la poésie française) |
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François Villon |
| François Villon (e-texts of some 30 poems) (Thierry Schwab, Webnet) |
| Société François Villon (numerous links to e-texts of Villon's poetry, including links to music files) (Robert D. Peckham, U. of Tennessee-Martin) |
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Jean Froissart |
| Jean Froissart The Chronicles of Froissart, Translated by Lord Berners (full text in English, from Macaulay's 1910 edition) (Electronic Text Center, U. of Virginia) |
| Jean Froissart, Chronicles, 15th Century. (manuscript illuminations from BNF FR 2643) (Bibliothèque Nationale Française) |
| Jean Froissart, Tales from Froissart (excerpts from Thomas Johnes's English translation of Froissart's Chronicles) (Steve Muhlberger, Nipissing U., Canada) |
| The Jean Froissart Project (description of project, links to a bibliography with numerous Froissart resources)(Peter Ainsworth, U. of Liverpool) |
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Guillaime de Machaut |
| Machaut on the Web (numerous links, plus link to the International Machaut Society homepage) (Alice Clark, Loyola U., and Cynthia Cyrus, Vanderbilt U.)) |
| Guillaume de Machaut: Discography, Biography, and Lyrics (Pierre-F. Roberge and Todd M. McComb) |
| Guillaume de Machaut Le livre du voir dit (in the Old French) (U. of Limoges) |
| Guillaume le Clerc De la male honte |
| Jean Bodel Le jeu de Saint Nicholas (intro and e-text in Old French) Mihaela Voicu, U. of Bucharest) |
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Marie de France |
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General Resources
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Texts
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Secondary Criticism
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| Philippe de Thaon The Bestiary of Philippe de Thaon (intro and links to 3 e-text versions, including the original Anglo-Norman of the Livre des creatures, edited by Thomas Wright) (David Badke, The Medieval Bestiary) |
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Le roman de Renart |
| The History of Reynard the Fox (intro and link to 2 versions of William Caxton's 1481 translation, as edited by Henry Morley)(David Badke) |
| Roman de Renart (extended extracts from Renart texts in Old French) (Hiroshima U.) |
| Mihaela Voicu (U. of Bucharest) Le Roman de Renart (introduction to the history of Renart composition, as well as discussion of specific incidents, in French) |
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Le roman de la rose (Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun) |
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Manuscripts
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| Thomas d'Angleterre (short bio of author, with links to e-texts of fragments of Tristan in Anglo-Norman (Bibliotheca Augustana) |
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Troubadours, Trouveres, and Trobaritz |
| John Jinright (Long Island School of Music) "The Troubadours of France, 1100-1300" (1998) (survey essay, plus bibliography) |
| (Lori-Anne Théroux-Bénoni, U. Concordia) "Les écrits des trobairitz" (discussion of women troubadours, along with a bibliography) |
| Troubadours and Jongleurs (links to biographical data of known troubadours, as well as to discography data for selected sources) (Pierre-F. Roberge) |
| La Vengeance Raguidel (complete e-text) (May Plouzeau, U. of Provence) |
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Wace |
| Wace Arthur dans le Roman de Brut de Wace (transcriptions of Arthurian portions) (Laboratoire de Francais Ancien, U. of Ottowa) |
| Wace The "Arthurian" Portion of the Roman de Brut (text of Eugene Mason's translation) (In parentheses Publications) |
| Roman de Rou (links to discussions of Wace's biography, his language, an e-text of the prologue to Rou, and more) (La Société Jersiaise) |
| Council of Remiremont (12th-C. Latin verse mock-account of a church council on Love; with English introduction and annotations by Paul Pascal, U. Washington) |
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Cultural and Historical Contexts |
| Chantez-vous français? (discussion of music in medieval and Baroque France, in French; has full treatment of linguistic aspects) (Olivier Bettens) |
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Chronicles |
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The Crusades
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Jean Froissart
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| Musée national du Moyen Âge (homepage for Paris museum, with links to descriptions of exhibitions and collections; in French) |
| Le Moyen Âge en lumière (numerous manuscript images used to highlight aspects of medieval culture, in French)(moyenageenlumiere.com) |
| Musée national du Moyen Âge (homepage for Paris museum, with links to descriptions of exhibitions and collections; in French) |
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16th Century |
| Bertrand de La Borderie Discours du Voyage de Constantinoble (hypertext edition with annotations on places, person names, maps, and mythology) (Danielle Trudeau, San Jose State U.) |
| French Early Modern Literature (links by David A. Gatwood from a list by Bob Peckham [TennesseeBob]) |
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17th Century |
| Correspondance de Pierre Bayle (Voltaire Foundation, Oxford U.) |
| Dictionnaire de Port-Royal au XVIIe siécle (Voltaire Foundation, Oxford U.) |
| Jean Racine, Phèdre (Michel Billard Sirakawa, U. Orleans) |
| Madame de Lafayette Book of Hours Page (unique, image- and frame-intensive, hypertext meditation inspired by "the life, time or characters of Madame de Lafayette) (Christy Sheffield Sanford) |
| Neoclassical Nirvana (French Neoclassical Literature) (links by David A. Gatwood from a list by Bob Peckham [TennesseeBob]) |
| Parisian Fairground Theatre (La naissance du théâtre de la foire à Paris: 1678 février 3) (in French) (Barry Russell) |
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18th Century |
| Dictionnaire de la presse 1600-1789 (Voltaire Foundation, Oxford U.) |
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Denis Diderot |
| Denis Diderot (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy) |
| Encyclopédie de Diderot et d'Alembert (searchable) |
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Portraits Of Diderot |
| Enlightened Discourse: La Litterature Francaise du XVIIIe Siecle (links by David A. Gatwood from a list by Bob Peckham [TennesseeBob]) |
| Enlightenment Essays in Memory of Robert Shackleton (Voltaire Foundation, Oxford U.) |
| Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, Réflexions sur l'histoire, et sur les différentes manières de l'écrire (1821) (Cromohs) |
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Montesquieu |
| Cahiers Montesquieu (Voltaire Foundation, Oxford U.) |
| Oeuvres complètes (Voltaire Foundation, Oxford U.) |
| Robert Shackleton, Essays on Montesquieu and on the Enlightenment (Voltaire Foundation, Oxford U.) |
| Neoclassical Nirvana (French Neoclassical Literature) (links by David A. Gatwood from a list by Bob Peckham [TennesseeBob]) |
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau |
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Criticism |
| Rousseau and the Eighteenth Century: Essays in Memory of R. A. Leigh (Voltaire Foundation, Oxford U.) |
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Home Pages & Projects |
| Jean Jacques Rousseau (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy) |
| Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Tom Stone, EpistemeLinks.com) |
| Philosopher All-Stars Trading Cards: Rousseau (Mark Achbar & Peter Wintonick) |
| Rousseau, l'Emile et la Révolution (Voltaire Foundation, Oxford U.) |
| Rousseau (biography, links to online texts, links to related Web pages) (Bjorn Christensson) |
| Picture of Rousseau (Philosopher's Gallery, U. Waterloo) |
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Writings |
| Bibliography of the Writings to 1800 (Voltaire Foundation, Oxford U.) |
| Confessions (Bjorn Christensson) |
| Correspondance Complète (Voltaire Foundation, Oxford U.) |
| Discours sur l'Origine et les Fondements de l'Inégalité parmi les Hommes (Pierre Perroud) |
| Discours sur les Sciences et les Arts (Pierre Perroud) |
| Du Contrat Social (Pierre Perroud) |
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Voltaire |
| Bibliographie analytique des Écrits relatifs Voltaire 1966-1990 (Voltaire Foundation, Oxford U.) |
| Candide (www.literature.org) |
| "Histoire"(Encyclopédie, tome VIII, 1765) (Cromohs) |
| Livre dangereux. Voltaire's Dictionnaire Philosophique (Voltaire Foundation, Oxford U.) |
| Oeuvres complètes (bibliographical info only) (Voltaire Foundation, Oxford U.) |
| The Philosophical Dictionary (study guide) (Paul Brians, Washington State U.) |
| Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century (Voltaire Foundation, Oxford U.) |
| A Treatise on Toleration (introductory headnote and excerpts, trans. Richard Hooker; from the Harper-Collins World Civilizations Reader) |
| Voltaire Électronique (Voltaire Foundation, Oxford U.) |
| Voltaire and his World: Studies Presented to W. H. Barber (Voltaire Foundation, Oxford U.) |
| Voltaire Society of America (Jack Iverson, ARTFL Project, U. Chicago) |
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French Revolution |
| French Revolutionary Pamphlets (Mark Olsen, U. Chicago/ARTFL) |
| Révolution française et 'vandalisme révolutionnaire' (Voltaire Foundation, Oxford U.) |
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19th Century |
| 19th Century French Literature (links by David A. Gatwood from a list by Bob Peckham [TennesseeBob]) |
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Charles Baudelaire |
| "Cats" (Angus McIntyre) |
| To the Reader (from The Flowers of Evil) (Angus McIntyre) |
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Guy De Maupassant |
| Guy de Maupassant Page (in French) (Thierry Selva, U. de Franche, Comte) |
| Red Mona (a mixed genre work using "flash-cards" with text, images, sound inspired by the Guy de Maupassant story, Petit Soldat) (Christy Sheffield Sanford) |
| Paul Verlaine: Quelques poèmes (J. Bétréma) |
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Pierre-Joseph Proudhon |
| Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (Anarchist Archive) |
| System of Economical Contradictions: or, the Philosophy of Misery (TEI-conformant) (Charles Keller/U. Virginia) |
| What is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government (TEI-conformant) (Charles Keller/U. Virginia) |
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Arthur Rimbaud |
| Arthur Rimbaud Special Collection (Marie-Line Boy) |
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Emile Zola |
| Germinal (study guide) (Paul Brians, Washington State U.) |
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20th Century |
| André Malraux Page (Katharena Eiermann) |
| Antoine de Saint-Exupery (Steven Friedman) |
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Antonin Artaud |
| Antonin Artaud Page (Bohemian Ink) |
| Antonin Artaud (WFMU radio) |
| The Letters of Steven Spielberg and Antonin Artaud ("the following letters constitute the artist's only known post-mortem correspondence with the Hollywood power elite"; Peter Mattei) |
| "Manifesto in Clear Language" (from pugzine.com archive) |
| Susan Sontag, "Antonin Artaud" (Laura Beken) |
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Maurice Blanchot |
| Stephen Mitchelmore, "The Absent Voice" (2002) (critical and retrospective essay on Blanchot) (Spike Magazine) |
| André Breton, "What is Surrealism?" |
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Marguerite Duras |
| Des Extraits de M. Duras (Nam Tu Nguyen) |
| Marguerite Duras (Kimmo Saaskilahti) |
| Marguerite Duras Bibliography (annotated by Patrick Coppens) |
| Marguerite Duras (France 3 en ligne) |
| Jean Giono, "The Man Who Planted Trees" (1953) (short story, trans. Peter Doyle) |
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Marcel Proust |
| The Kolb-Proust Archive for Research (U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) |
| TempsPerdu.com (site devoted to Marcel Proust's À la recherche du temps perdu; includes links to other Proust sites, annotated bibliography, comprehensive list of characters, etc.) (Mark Calkins, San Jose State U.) |
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Alain Robbe-Grillet |
| Alain Robbe-Grillet Page (John Leo) |
| Alain Robbe-Grillet Bibliography (John Leo) |
| Surrealist Love Poems (three poems by Jacques-Bernard Brunius, Paul Eluard, and Joyce Mansour excerpted from Mary Ann Caws, ed., Surrealist Love Poems [2002]) |
| Fables de Jean de La Fontaine |
| "French 315" (Christopher G. Fox, Emory U.) |
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French Depts. |
| Queen's U. French Studies Dept. |
| U. Chicago Romance Languages and Literatures Dept. |
| UCLA French Dept. |
| U. Connecticut English Dept. |
| UCSB Dept. of French and Italian |
| U. Montreal Département d'études françaises (Christian Allègre) |
| U. Victoria French Dept. |
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French Literature Conferences |
| From Manuscript to CD-Rom: Reexamining Text, Image, and Performance (UCSB, Feb. 16-17, 1996) (announcement & call for papers) (UCSB French & Italian Dept.) |
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