French-language literature across medieval language zones, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Québec, the Caribbean, Africa, the Maghreb, the Indian Ocean, Asia, the Pacific, and diaspora—alongside a separate Joan of Arc documentary source house.
Folders
Joan of Arc — Primary records, historical studies, and reader guides for Joan of Arc, centered on the condemnation and nullification trials, her letters, and the documentary history of her life and reception. (19)
Old French Romance and Epic — Old French romance, chanson de geste, Grail literature, and courtly narrative, including Chretien de Troyes and the Roland tradition. (4)
Renaissance Prose and Satire — French Renaissance humanism, prose, satire, grotesque comedy, learning, and voyage, opening with the inherited five-book Rabelais collection and its posthumous attribution boundary. (1)
Pages
Glossary — A reader glossary for French literary languages, forms, periods, worldwide literary cultures, documentary boundaries, and the historical editions currently on the shelf.
Introduction to French-Language Literature — A source-critical introduction to French-language literature as a medieval, metropolitan, colonial, anticolonial, creole, transnational, and multilingual field rather than a France-only national canon.
Reader's Guide to French-Language Literature — A close-reading guide to the French shelf: Old French epic and romance, Christine de Pizan and the documentary Joan archive, Rabelais in composite English, and the many Frenches beyond France.