University of Pennsylvania professor LANCE DONALDSON-EVANS will present his new book:
ONE HUNDRED GREAT FRENCH BOOKS: From the Middle Ages to the Present
ONE HUNDRED GREAT FRENCH BOOKS invites readers to discover—or rediscover—some of the major achievements of French culture and civilization. Concise,
provocative, and entertaining, it features one hundred timeless masterworks across ten
centuries of writing in French. Many of the famous classics of French literature are presented, but also political, philosophical, and devotional texts, as well as detective novels and science fiction. Each of the chronologically arranged entries introduces one book in its historic, cultural, and social context, provides key information about the author, and gives a clear and focused summary of its content. Included are books by writers from metropolitan France as well as by francophone authors from Canada, the Caribbean, Africa, Belgium, and Switzerland.
ONE HUNDRED GREAT FRENCH BOOKS offers a rich, varied, and multicultural panorama of one of the most beloved and inspiring literatures in the world.
“Elegant, evocative, and always to the point, this collection unerringly points the reader
in the right direction, toward enjoying some of the greatest of the world’s literature.” —
Lynn Hunt, Professor of Modern European History, UCLA
“Readers will appreciate this concise and vibrantly written invitation to survey the best and brightest authors of one of the great literatures on the planet. You will be guided by a top scholar.”—
François Rigolot, Professor of French Literature, Princeton University
LANCE DONALDSON-EVANS is Professor of Romance Languages at the University of Pennsylvania, where he has taught courses on all periods of French literature and culture for some forty years. In 2008, the French government awarded him the rank of
Chevalier in the
Ordre des Palmes Académiques for his services in helping spread French literature and culture.
This event is presented by BlueBridge, Alliance Française de Philadelphie, and Joseph Fox Bookshop.