A History of French Literature: From Chanson de geste to Cinema

David Coward The author is Research Professor in French at the University of Leeds. He has written widely on the literature and culture of France since 1700 and has translated tales by Sade and Maupassant, plays by Moliere and novels by Diderot and Dumas fils. His English version of Albert Cohen's Belle du Seigneur was awarded the Scott-Moncrieff Prize for Translation in 1996. He reviews regularly for the Times Literary Supplement and is a contributor to the literary pages of magazines and newspapers in the UK and US.Coward, David is the author of 'A History of French Literature: From Chanson de geste to Cinema', published 2002 under ISBN 9780631167587 and ISBN 0631167587.