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French 403: The Seventeenth Century

A guide to basic information resources on The Seventeenth Century, French 403.

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Resources on the Web

ARTFL Project (American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language)
ARTFL-FRANTEXT is the main ARTFL Database, comprising more than 2,900 French language texts spanning from the 12th through the 20th centuries, ranging from classic works of French literature to various kinds of non-fiction prose and technical writing. Subjects include literary criticism, biology, history, economics, and philosophy.
The eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries are about equally represented, with a smaller selection of seventeenth century texts as well as some medieval and Renaissance texts. Genres include novels, poetry, theater, journalism, essays, correspondence, and treatises.

Gallica bibliotheque numerique
French digital library--over one million documents, including 202,000 books, 10,000 maps, 788,000 periodicals, 3,000 scores
Simon Kitson's Vichy Web
Information and links about France during World War II. Many documents are in the original French.
Encyclopaedia universalis
General French-language encyclopedia
PROMPT translator
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Subjects: French and French Studies