FRENCH LITERATURE

Dictionnaire des Lettres Françaises. Paris: Arthème Fayard, 1951. 5 v. in 6. Ref. PQ 41 .D53.
One or two volumes is devoted to each century of French literature.

Dictionnaire des Littératures de Langue Française. Paris: Bordas, 1994. 4 v. Ref. PQ 41 .B4 1994.
Contains entries about authors and their works, as well as entries on literary history, specific movements in literature, events in social and political history that have affected literature (e.g., l'Affair Dreyfus), literary groups of authors, entries about important publications, institutions, genres (e.g., autobiographie et roman), and entries on literary sociology (communication, books, teaching literature, etc.). Includes a general bibliography with specific editions and studies. [LS]

Dictionnaire des Oeuvres Littéraires de Langue Française. Paris: Bordas, 1994. Ref PQ 41 .B42 1994. 4v.
Literary works arranged alphabetically; e.g. Les Amours by Ronsard. Includes an author index.

Beaumarchais, Jean-Pierre de. Dictionnaire des Ecrivains de Langue Française. Paris: Larousse, 2001. 2v. Ref PQ 41 .B412 2001.
Contains biographies of authors plus chronologies of their lives and works.

Nineteenth-Century French Poets. Detroit : Bruccoli Clark Layman, 2000. (Dictionary of Literary Biography) Ref PQ 433 .N56 1999. [Part of Literature Resource Center.]
Also other volumes.