Cambridge Core (Chapters in Books) - 17th Century
- Nicolas Boileau: The birth of a conceptDownloadable PDF from Part II of book: Sublimity and Modernity by Robert Doran, Cambridge University Press, 2015.
- La Bruyère and the end of the theatre of nobilityDownloadable PDF of Chap. 5 of book: The Performance of Nobility in Early Modern European Literature, by David M. Posner, 2009.
Oxford Bibliographies Online
- Renaissance and ReformationIncludes several Sections: Arts; Economic History; Exploration and Exchange; Individuals; Social and Cultural History.
For individual authors, scroll down to "Individuals" - Rene DescartesGeneral Overviews; Anthologies; Biographies; Intellectual Context.
- Blaise PascalGeneral Overviews; Primary Texts; Historical Context; Pascal and Other Philosophers
Databases Free
CÉSAR calendrier électronique des spectacles sous l'ancien régime et sous la Révolution. Resource on French theater of the 17th and 18th centuries. Includes information on performances, reviews from the time period, images from playbills, title pages, and some key reference works. Provided by Grenoble Alps University.
General Studies
Poetics of Reading by ISBN: 9781400859610Publication Date: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press; 1989In a discussion of four major French novels from the seventeenth century to the present, the author not only sets up a broad-based poetics but also makes important contributions to contemporary issues in the study of narrative. Wimmers introduces the concept of multiple, interlocking frames of reference that allows for the integration of diverse critical perspectives. Analyzing La Princesse de Cleves, Madame Bovary, A la recherche du temps perdu, and Projet pour une revolution a New York, she shows how texts provide some frames of reference, while others are produced by the reader's disposition and cultural milieu.
