Sara Harrington
Art Librarian
January 20, 2004
saraharr@rci.rutgers.edu

Research Resources: Subject Research Guides: French Language and Literature:
Historical Periods and Domains

Middle Ages

Dictionaries for Old and Middle French: One Volume

Baumgartner, Emmanuèle and Philippe Ménard. Dictionnaire étymologique et historique de la langue française. Paris: Livre de poche, 1996.
ALEXANDER STACKS PC2580.B38 1996

Bloch, Oscar and Walter von Wartburg. Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue française. 5th ed.
Paris: PUF, 1968.
ALEXANDER REF PC2580.B55 1968

De Gorog, Ralph and Lisa de Gorog. Dictionnaire inverse de l'ancien français.
Binghamton, NY: Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies, 1982.
ALEXANDER STACKS PC2680.D4 1982

Greimas, Algirdas Julien. Dictionnaire de l'ancien français jusqu'au milieu du XIVe siècle. 2nd ed.
Paris: Larousse, 1977.
ALEXANDER STACKS/ENG PC2889.G76 1977

Greimas, Algirdas Julien and Teresa Mary Keane. Dictionnaire du moyen français.
Paris: Larousse, 2001.
ALEXANDER MCDONNELL PC2650.G74 2001

Hindley, Alan, Frederick W. Langley, and Brian J. Levy. Old French-English Dictionary.
Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2000.
ALEXANDER MCDONNELL PC2891.H56 2000

Stone, Louise W. and William Rothwell, eds. Anglo-Norman Dictionary.
London: Modern Humanities Research Association, 1977-1992.
ALEXANDER REF PC2946.M6

Dictionaries for Old and Middle French: Multi-volume

Baldinger, Kurt, Jean-Denis Gendron, and Georges Straka, eds. Dictionnaire étymologique de l'ancien français [= DEAF].
Québec: Presses de l'Université Laval/ Tübingen: Neimeyer/ Paris: Klincksieck, 1974- .
ALEXANDER STACKS PC2883.B3

Godefroy, Frédéric. Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle. 10 vols.
Paris: ?, 1881-1902; rpt. New York: Kraus, 1961.
ALEXANDER STACKS/DANA REF PC2889.G6 1880

Huguet, Edmond. Dictionnaire de la langue française du seizième siècle. 7 vols.
Paris: E. Champion, 1925-73.
ALEXANDER/DANA REF PC2650.H7

Tobler, Adolf and Erhard Lommatzsch. Altfranzösisches Wörterbuch [= Tobler-Lommatzsch].
Berlin: Weidmann, 1925- .
ALEXANDER STACKS PC2893.T629A

Wartburg, Walter von, ed. Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [= FEW].
Bonn: F. Klopp, 1928- .
ALEXANDER PC2580.W3

Additional Resources

Bossuat, Robert. Manuel Bibliographique de la Littérature Française du Moyen Age.
Melun: Librairie d'Argences, 1951.
ALEXANDER REF Z2172.B7 1951

Bossuat, Robert. Manuel Bibliographique de la Littérature Française du Moyen Age.
Paris: Librairie d'Argences, 1955-
ALEXANDER REF Z2172.B7 suppl. Yrs. 1949/1953, 1954-60, 1960-80

Bossuat, Robert. Manuel Bibliographique de la Littérature Française du Moyen Age.
Génève: Slatkine Reprints, 1986.
ALEXANDER MCDONNELL Z2172.B7 suppl. 1986

British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books. Short-title Catalogue of Books Printed in France and of French Books Printed in Other Countries from 1470 to 1600 now in the British Museum.
London: Printed by Order of the Trustees, 1924.
ALEXANDER REF Z2162.B862S

Cabeen, D.C., ed. A Critical Bibliography of French Literature. Volume 1. The Medieval Period.
Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1947-.
ALEXANDER/DOUGLASS REF Z2171.C3 v. 1

Chavy, Paul. Traducteurs d'Autrefois: Moyen Age et Renaissance: Dictionnaire des Traducteurs et de la Littérature Traduite en Ancien et Moyen Français (842-1600).
Paris: Champion, 1988
ALEXANDER STACKS Z2174.T7C53 1988 v. 1 and 2

Cauvard, Claude, de Libera, Alain et Michel Zink. Dictionnaire du Moyen Age.
Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 2002.
ALEXANDER REF CB351.D53 2002

France, Peter, ed. The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.
ALEXANDER/CAMDEN REF PR131.O94 2000

Kibler, William, et al., eds. Medieval France: An Encyclopedia. New York:
Garland Publishers, 1995
ALEXANDER STACKS DC33.2.M44 1995

Renaissance/16th Century

Cabeen, D.C., ed. A Critical Bibliography of French Literature. Volume 2 Part 1 The Sixteenth Century. Volume 2 Part 2. The Sixteenth Century, Revised.
Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1947-.
ALEXANDER/CAMDEN/DANA/DOUGLASS REF Z2171.C3 v. 2 p.1/ v. 2 p.2

France, Peter, ed. The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.
ALEXANDER/CAMDEN REF PR131.O94 2000

Giraud, Jeanne. Manuel de Bibliographie Littéraire pour les XVIe, XVIIe et XVIIIe Siècles Français, 1936-1945.
Paris: Nizet, 1956.
ALEXANDER REF Z2171.G52 1936-45

17th Century

The following are a few generally useful resources for the study of 17th-century literature.

Dictionaries:

Contemporary:

Furetière, Antoine. Le Dictionnaire Universel. 1690, repr.
Geneva: Slatkine, 1978. 3 vols.
Note that i & j, u & v are same letters; some errors of alphabetizing or orthography. Useful for contemporary definitions.
ALEXANDER STACKS PC 2620 .F7 1978

Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française. 1695, repr.
Geneva: Slatkine, 1968.
Subsequent editions are revised and not useful for the 17th century.
ALEXANDER FOLIO PC 2620 .A3 1968 2 vols.

Richelet, Pierre. Dictionnaire français. 1680, repr.
Geneva: Slatkine, 1970.
Less authoritative than the preceding.
ALEXANDER STACKS PC2620.R5 1994
1679 edition held in Special Collections.

Retrospective:

Dubois, Jean, and Lagane, Réne. Dictionnaire de la langue française classique.
Paris: Librairie classique Eugene Belin, 1960.
Gives old meanings, with citations. Modernized spelling and alphabetization. Also includes articles on grammar and grammatical index.
ALEXANDER STACKS PC 2650 .D8

Cayrou, Gaston. Le français classique: Lexique de la langue du dix-septième siècle. 2nd ed.
Paris: Didier, 1924.
ALEXANDER STACKS PC 2650 .C385 Fr2

History of the language:

Boysen, Gerhard. Précis de syntaxe française du XVIIe siècle.
Odense, Denmark: Odense U. P., 1973.
Detailed but clear.
ALEXANDER STACKS PC 2361 .B7

There also exist lexical dictionaries of individual authors such as Corneille (the second half is available in the French department lounge) and concordances of Pascal, La Fontaine, etc. CD texts are of course searchable.

Modern:

Littré, Emile. Dictionnaire de la langue française.
Paris: Gallimard/Hachette, 1966-67. 7 vols.
Always useful, many examples from 17e authors.
ALEXANDER REF PC2625.L63

Grand Larousse de la langue française.
Paris: Larousse, 1971-78. 7 vols.
ALEXANDER REF PC2625.G7

Harrap's French and English dictionary.
London : Harrap, 1991.
ALEXANDER REF PC2640.H32

Imbs, Paul. Trésor de la langue française; dictionnaire de la langue du XIXe et du XXe siècle (1789-1960).
Paris: Éditions du Centre national de la recherche scientifique, 1971-
Complete through PE.

Handy references:

Bluche, François, ed. Dictionnaire du grand siècle.
Paris: Fayard, 1990.
Very useful for historical information and identification of minor figures. Little bibliography.
ALEXANDER STACKS DC 128 .D55 1991

Adam, Antoine. Histoire de la littérature française au 17ème siècle.
Paris: Domat, 1948-56. 5 vol.
The standard history, sometimes partisan but generally well-informed.
ALEXANDER STACKS PQ 241 .A3

Pillorget, René and Suzanne. France baroque, France classique.
Paris: Robert Laffont ("Bouquins"), 1995.
Volume 1 is a chronology and narrative, Volume 2 a dictionary of people and events (their own, it's not a collective effort). Volume 2 is similar to Bluche, which has more long thematic articles. Advantages: sometimes catches things Bluche misses, and provides bibliographic landmarks.
Not in library, but is available as a paperback.

Dictionnaire des lettres françaises: le XVIIe siècle. Ed. A. Pauphilet et al. Rev. ed. P. Dandrey.
Paris: Fayard, 1951.
Useful entries.
ALEXANDER and DOUBLASS REF PQ 41 .D43

Hollier, Denis. A New History of French Literature.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard U.P., 1989.
The articles, by the leading American scholars, are interpretive rather than comprehensive, but articulate major issues and provide bibliography. The 17th century is particularly well covered.
ALEXANDER and CAMDEN STACKS PQ 119 . N 48 1989.

Dictionnaire des oeuvres and Dictionnaire des auteurs. [Professor Eisenzweig's books]
These books provide lot summaries, and lists of works of authors, dates. They are available in the French department office.

General bibliographical resources:

Cabeen, David, ed. A Critical Bibliography of French Literature.
Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1947.
Known as "CBFL" or "Cabeen", the original volume and supplement give blurbs along with references. Unfortunately the volumes are out of date.
ALEXANDER REF 2171 .C114 C v. 3 & supplement

Klapp, Otto, ed. Bibliographie de franzozischen Literaturwissenschaft.
Frankfurth: Klostermann. 17 vols.
Known as "Klapp", it is an annual list, published in Germany, and best for continental sources.
ALEXANDER AND DOUGLASS REF Z 2171 .K55

MLA International Bibliography
Index of books and articles, annual, searchable by author, topic.
Available in paper ALEXANDER and DOUGLASS REF Z6511 .M62

The Year's Work in Modern Language Studies.
This is an annual British summary of volumes, books, articles. Covers a lot of items with short, not critical, narrative indications of what they contain, by centuries and areas. Single index of both authors and writers.
ALEXANDER REF PB1.Y39 v.1- 1929/1930- (latest issues are there only)
DOUGLSS REF Z7006.Y33 v.1-v.40 (i.e. 1929/30-1978 only)

Cioranescu, A. Bibliographie de la littérature française du dix-septième siècle. 3 vols.
Paris: Éditions du Centre national de la recherche scientifique, 1965-6.
A bibliography of everything published (not secondary sources). While a few items have been corrected, and there are doubtless some omissions, it's the standard for knowing when and where things were published.
ALEXANDER STACKS and REF, DOUGLASS REF Z2172.C52

On-line catalogs of institutions such as the British Library and the Bibliothèque Nationale, as well, of course, as American universities, can be quite helpful.

Specialized periodicals and presses

Dix-septième siècle. Journal of the Société des études du 17e.
History as well as literature and culture.
ALEXANDER PER SHELVED BY TITLE no.1-no.193 1949-1996

PFSCL (Papers in French Seventeenth-Century Literature)
Published for North American Society for Seventeenth-Century French Literature (NASSCFL)
Papers from annual MLA and NASSCFL meetings, other articles, many reviews
It also publishes monographs as Biblio 17
ALEXANDER STACKS PQ243.P36 (On the ALEXANDER shelves there is some confusion between these series)

Cahiers du dix-septième (Published by SE 17, another North American 17iste group)
ALEXANDER PER SHELVED BY TITLE V3+ 1989+

Seventeenth Century French Studies (England)

The Seventeenth Century (England)

C.M.R. 17 (Centre méridional de rencontres sur le dix-septième) Publishes monographs and acta.

Many French authors have "amis" or other specialized study groups, some with journals or newsletters.

18th Century

Adams, D.J. Bibliographie d'Ouvrages Français en Forme de Dialogue 1780-1750.
Oxford: Voltaire Foundation, 1992.
ALEXANDER STACKS PQ2122.B4 v. 293

Cabeen, D.C., ed. A Critical Bibliography of French Literature. Volume 4. The Eighteenth Century. Volume 4 Supplement. The Eighteenth Century.
Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1947-.
ALEXANDER/DOUGLASS REF Z2171.C3 v. 4/v. 4 supplement

Cioranescu, Alexander. Bibliographie de la Littérature Française du Dix-Huitième Siècle. 3 Tomes.
Paris: Editions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1969.
ALEXANDER/DOUGLASS REF Z2172.C48 v. 1-3

France, Peter, ed. The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.
ALEXANDER/CAMDEN REF PR131.O94 2000

Giraud, Jeanne. Manuel de Bibliographie Littéraire pour les XVIe, XVIIe et XVIIIe Siècles Français, 1936-1945.
Paris: Nizet, 1956.
ALEXANDER REF Z2171.G52 1936-45

Quérard, J.-M. La France Littéraire: ou, Dictionnaire Bibliographique des Savants, Historiens et Gens de Lettres de la France, ainsi que des Littérateurs Etrangers qui on Ecrit en Français, plus Particulièrement pendant les XVIIIe et XIX Siècles.
Paris: G.-P. Maisonneurve & Larose, 1964.
CAMDEN REF Z2161.Q4 1827z Volumes 1-12

19th Century

Brivous, Jules Baptiste Lucien, 1832-1920. Bibliographie des Ouvrages Illustré XIXe Siècle.
Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag, 2000.
ALEXANDER REF Z1023.B88 2000

Brosman, Catharine Savage, ed. Nineteenth-Century French Fiction Writers: Romanticism and Realism, 1800-1860.
Detroit: Gale Research, 1992.
ALEXANDER, CAMDEN, REF PS88.D57 v. 119
DANA REF PQ655.N56 1992

France, Peter, ed. The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.
ALEXANDER/CAMDEN REF PR131.O94 2000

Talvart, Hector. Bibliographie des Auteurs Modernes de Langue Française. 22 Tomes.
Paris: Editions de la Chronique des Lettres Françaises, 1928-1976.
ALEXANDER REF Z2171.T15 v. 1-22

Thieme, Hugo P. Bibliographie de la Littérature Française de 1800 à 1930. 3 Tomes.
Paris: E. Droz, 1933.
ALEXANDER/DOUGLASS REF Z2171.T433 v. 1-3

20th Century

Cabeen, D.C., ed. A Critical Bibliography of French Literature. Volume 6. The Twentieth Century.
Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1947-.
ALEXANDER/DANA/DOUGLASS REF Z2171.C3 v.6

Dreher, S. Bibliographie de la Littérature Française, 1930-1939. Lille: Giard, 1948.
ALEXANDER REF Z2171.T434

Drevet, Marguerite L. Bibliographie de la Littérature Française, 1940-1949: Complément à la Bibliographie de H.P. Thieme.
Genève: Librairie E. Droz, 1954.
ALEXANDER/DOUGLASS REF Z2171.T435

France, Peter, ed. The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.
ALEXANDER/CAMDEN REF PR131.O94 2000

Talvart, Hector. Bibliographie des Auteurs Modernes de Langue Française. 22 Tomes.
Paris: Editions de la Chronique des Lettres Françaises, 1928-1976.
ALEXANDER REF Z2171.T15 v. 1-22

Thieme, Hugo P. Bibliographie de la Littérature Française de 1800 à 1930. 3 Tomes.
Paris: E. Droz, 1933.
ALEXANDER/DOUGLASS REF Z2171.T433 v. 1-3

Francophone Literatures

Arnold, A James, ed. A History of Literature in the Caribbean.
Amsterdam: J. Benjamins, 1994-c.2001.
ALEXANDER PN849.C3H57 1994 v. 1-1

Demougin, Jacques. Dictionnaire de la Littérature Française et Francophone.
Paris: Larousse, 1987.
ALEXANDER STACKS PQ41.D526 v. 1-3

France, Peter, ed. The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.
ALEXANDER/CAMDEN REF PR131.O94 2000

Gilroy, James P., ed. Francophone Literatures of the New World.
Denver: University of Denver, 1982.
ALEXANDER STACKS PQ39897.F7 1982

Ibnlfassi, Laila and Nicki Hitchcott. African Francophone Writing: A Critical Introduction.
Oxford: Berg, 1996.
ALEXANDER STACKS PQ3988.5.N6A43 1996

Jack, Belinda. Francophone Literature: An Introductory Survey.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996.
CAMDEN STACKS PQ3809.J33 1996

Koser, Khalid. New African Diasporas.
London: Routledge, 2003.
ALEXANDER STACKS DT16.5.N49 2003

Larrier, Renée. Francophone Women Writers of Africa and the Caribbean.
Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2000.
ALEXANDER/CAMDEN STACKS PQ3980.5.L36 2000

Ngate, Jonathan. Francophone African Fiction: Reading a Literary Tradition.
Trenton: Africa World Press, 1988.
PQ3980.N43 1988

Viatte, Auguste. Anthologie Littéraire de l'Amérique Francophone; Littératures Canadienne, Louisianaise, Haitienne, de la Martinique, de la Guadeloupe et de la Guyane.
Sherbrooke: CELEF, 1971.
ALEXANDER STACKS PQ3899.V5

Language Study and Instruction

France, Peter, ed. The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.
ALEXANDER/CAMDEN REF PR131.O94 2000

Hall, Joan Kelly. Methods for Teaching Foreign Languages: Creating a Community of Learners in the Classroom.
Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill/Prentice Hall, 2001.
ALEXANDER STACKS P51.H29 2001

Lange, Dale L. Culture as the Core: Perspectives on Culture in Second Language Learning.
Greenwich, CT: IAP, 2003.
ALEXANDER STACKS P53.45.C86 2003

Minaya-Rowe, Liliana. Teacher Training and Effective Pedagogy in the Context of Student Diversity.
Greenwich, CT: Information Age, 2002.
ALEXANDER STACKS LC3728.T43 2002