LibGuides: French Studies: Encyclopedias

Specialized Dictionaries & Encyclopedias for the study of literature (selected)

Specialized encyclopedias are useful for acquiring background information on a topic and can be valuable places to start your research.

Encyclopaedia Universalis
Call Number: AE 25 E5 Scott Reference
General encyclopedia.

eResource

Print edition: 23+ vols.
Dictionnaire des oeuvres littéraires du Québec
Call Number: PS 9073 D53 Scott Reference; Scott Stacks; Frost Reference
eResource
Literature of the French and Occitan Middle Ages: 11th to 15th Centuries
Call Number: PN 451 D53 V.208 Scott Stacks
eResource
The Routledge dictionary of cultural references in modern French [electronic resource]
Publication Date: 2011
eResource
The feminist encyclopedia of French literature by Eva Martin Sartori, editor-in-chief.
Call Number: PQ 149 F47 1999 Scott Stacks; Frost Reference
The New Oxford companion to literature in French
Call Number: PQ 41 N49 1995 Scott Reference; Frost Reference
Lexique de la critique
Call Number: PN 44.5 F37 1991 Scott Stacks; Frost Reference
The Cambridge encyclopedia of the language sciences
eResource

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