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To find out more information about books from France, take a look at these resources. Read more about "Madame Bovary," the short stories of Guy de Maupassant, and other works.
Writing Marginality
Edward J. Hughes explores the tensions that arise in the works of six modern French writers: Pierre Loti, Paul Gauguin, Proust, Montherlant, Camus, and Jean Genet.
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French literature is rich and diverse, influenced by the political history of France. The writers who have been a part of the literary tradition have included: Antonin Artaud, Honre de Balzac, Charles Baudelairie, Andre Breton, Albert Camus, Colette, Guy de Maupassant, and others. Test your knowledge about these great writers...
Writing Marginality in Modern French Literature
Edward J. Hughes explores the tensions that arise in the works of six modern French writers: Pierre Loti, Paul Gauguin, Proust, Montherlant, Camus, and Jean Genet. In the "Introduction," he explains that his "chosen authors explore, anecdotally or theoretically, an often anxious exoticism, drawing out the social, ethical and sensual tensions that this anxiety entails."

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