A history of French literature

Section titles: Medieval literature (ninth-fifteenth centuries)

The Renaissance (1491-1590)

Pre-classical (1590-1660)

The classical age ( 1660-1715)

The Enlightenment (1715-60)

Pre-romanticism ( 1760-1820)

Romantic literature (1820-50)

Realism (1850-85)

Symbolism (1885-1914)

Transition (1914-50).