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Hesburgh Library > Research Guide to French Language and Literature > General Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

GENERAL ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND DICTIONARIES

Encyclopaedia Universalis. Paris: Encylopaedia Universalis France, 1992. 23v. Ref AE 25 .E5. In French.

Grand Larousse Enyclopédique. Paris: Librairie Larousse, 1960-1975. 10v. and 3 supplements. Ref AE 25 .G749.
The “Littérature” section contains articles on genres (épopée or roman), literary movements (classicisme, romantisme, réalisme), and articles on related areas, such as théatre (comédien, comédie, tragédie). Also covers foreign literatures and regional literatures of France.

Dictionnaire des Mythologies et des Religions des Sociétés Traditionnelles et du Monde Antique. Sous la direction d’Yves Bonnefoy. Paris : Flammarion, c1981. BL 311 .D5 1981.

Dictionary of the History of Ideas. NY: Scribner’s, 1968. 5v. Ref CB 5 .D52.
E.g., Authority, Beauty, China in Western Thought.

 

 

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