VIGNY, 1797-1863.
_Poemes Antiques et Modernes_, 1826.
_Servitude et Grandeur Militaires_, 1835.
MUSSET, 1810-57.
_Caprices de Marianne_, 1833.
_Lorenzaccio_, 1834.
_Les Nuits_, 1835-40.
GEORGE SAND, 1804-76.
_Indiana_, 1832.
_Francois le Champi_, 1850.
STENDHAL, 1783-1842.
_Le Rouge et le Noir_, 1831.
BALZAC, 1799-1850.
_La Comedie Humaine_, 1829-50.
MICHELET, 1798-1874.
_History_, 1833-67.
VII. _Nineteenth Century_--II
SAINTE-BEUVE, 1804-69.
_Lundis_, 1850-69.
RENAN, 1833-92.
_Vie de Jesus_, 1863.
TAINE, 1828-93.
FLAUBERT, 1821-80.
_Madame Bovary_, 1857.
_Salammbo_, 1862.
GAUTIER, 1811-72.
_emaux et Camees_, 1852.
BAUDELAIRE, 1821-67.
_Les Fleurs du Mal_, 1857.
LECONTE DE LISLE, 1818-94.
_Poems_, 1853-84.
SULLY PRUDHOMME, 1839-1907.
_Poems_, 1865-88.
HEREDIA, 1842-1905.
_Les Trophees_, 1893.
MAUPASSANT, 1850-93.
VERLAINE, 1844-96.
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
The number of works dealing with the history and criticism of French literature is very large indeed. The following are the most useful reviews of the whole subject:--
PETIT DE JULLEVILLE. _Histoire de la Langue et de la Litterature francaise_ (8 vols.).
LANSON. _Histoire de la Litterature francaise_ (1 vol.).
BRUNETIeRE. _Manuel de l'histoire de la Litterature francaise_ (1 vol.).
DOWDEN. _History of French Literature_ (1 vol.).
An excellent series of biographies of the principal authors, by the leading modern critics, is that of _Les Grands ecrivains Francais_ (published by Hachette).
The critical essays of Sainte-Beuve are particularly valuable. They are contained in his _Causeries du Lundi, Premiers Lundis, Nouveaux Lundis, Portraits de Femmes, Portraits Litteraires_, and _Portraits Contemporains_.
Some interesting criticisms of modern writers are to be found in _La Vie Litteraire_, by Anatole France.
Editions of the principal authors are very numerous. The monumental series of _Les Grands ecrivains de la France_ (Hachette) contains complete texts of most of the great writers, with elaborate and scholarly commentaries of the highest value. Cheaper editions of the masterpieces of the language are published by Hachette, La Bibliotheque Nationale, Jean Gillequin, Nelson, Dent, Gowans & Gray.
There are also numerous lyrical anthologies, of which two of the best are _Les Chefs-d'oeuvre de la Poesie lyrique francaise_ (Gowans & Gray) and _The Oxford Book of French Verse_ (Clarendon Press). But it must be remembered that the greater part of what is most characteristic in French literature appears in its poetic drama and its prose, and is therefore necessarily excluded from such collections.