French Encyclopædias
- Encyclopédie de Diderot et d'Alembert
- The Library has a CD-ROM version of Diderot and d'Alembert's Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des métiers et des arts. Written between 1751 and 1772, this version includes all seventeen volumes of text and eleven volumes of plates that comprised the first edition. The Encyclopédie may be searched by headword, author, classification of knowledge, or part of speech.
You can consult L'Encyclopédie in our Multimedia collection.
We also have, in our Special Collections, a paper set of the third edition, 1770-75, in 16 volumes
The University of Michigan has made available an English translation of articles from the Encyclopédie.
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The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French
- An authoritative guide not only to ten centuries of literature produced in France, but also to the rich literary output of other French-speaking countries around the world. Written by an international team of specialists, entries cover individual authors and works from the troubadours to Césaire, and from La Princesse de Clèves to La Vie mode d'emploi. Substantial essay-entries reflect the latest scholarship on topics such as chivalry, Occupation and Resistance in wartime France, scholasticism, the sciences, literary movements and genres, as well as opera, cinema, and press.
Part of our subscription to Oxford reference online.
- Wikipédia
- Wikipédia est un projet d'encyclopédie gratuite, multilingue, écrite coopérativement. Outils de Recherche: Index alphabétique - Index thématique - Portail des portails.
 Cette page a été créée, et est maintenue par Alan Keig.
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