''Histoire littéraire de la France'' is an enormous history of

French literature French literature () generally speaking, is literature written in the French language, particularly by citizens of France; it may also refer to literature written by people living in France who speak traditional languages of France other than Fr ...

initiated in 1733 by Dom Rivet and the Benedictines of St. Maur. It was abandoned in 1763 after the publication of volume XII. In 1814, members of the

Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres The Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres () is a French learned society devoted to history, founded in February 1663 as one of the five academies of the Institut de France. The academy's scope was the study of ancient inscriptions ( epig ...

(part of the

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) took over the project, which had stopped halfway through the 12th century, and continued where the Benedictines had left off. From 1865 to 1892, the first sixteen volumes were reprinted with only minor corrections, in parallel with the regular series. , 46 volumes had been published, covering the period up to 1590. To increase the pace and prevent the project from coming to a halt, the committee in charge decided in March 1999 to abandon a strict chronological order in favor of a less constrained structure.

Editors-in-chief

* volumes 1 to 9 : Dom

Antoine Rivet de La Grange Dom Antoine Rivet de La Grange (Confolens, 1683 - Le Mans, 1749) was a French benedictine monk and supporter of Jansenism. He was opposed to the Unigenitus papal bull and, because he was Jansenist, his superiors sent him to the Abbey of St. Vincen ...

(1683–1749), mainly * volumes 10 to 12 : Dom Charles Clémencet and Dom François Clément * volumes 13 to 20 :

, mainly

Pierre Daunou Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...

* volumes 20 to 24 (1842–1863): Victor Le Clerc * volumes 25 to 31 (1869–1893):

Barthélemy Hauréau Jean-Barthélemy Hauréau (; 9 November 1812 – 29 April 1896) was a 19th-century French historian, journalist and administrator. Education and appointments Born in Paris, he was educated at the Louis-le-Grand and Bourbon colleges in his nat ...

* volumes 32 to 34 (1898–1917): Paul Meyer * volumes 35 to 36 (1921–1926):

Charles-Victor Langlois Charles-Victor Langlois (May 26, 1863, in Rouen – June 25, 1929, in Paris) was a French historian, archivist and paleographer, who specialized in the study of the Middle Ages and was a lecturer at the Sorbonne, where he taught paleography, bibli ...

* volumes 37 to 38 (1938–1949):

Mario Roques Mario Roques (1 July 1875 – 8 March 1961) was a French scholar, professor of history of medieval literature and renowned Romance philologist. He translated and edited ''Le Roman de Renart''. Biography Mario Roques was born in Peru where his ...

* volumes 39 to 41 (1962–1981):

Charles Samaran Charles Samaran (28 October 1879 – 15 October 1982) was a 20th-century French historian and archivist, who was born in Cravencères (in the Gers) and died at Nogaro (also in the Gers), shortly before his 103rd birthday. Biography Having grad ...

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Indices

References

* Luc Fraisse, "La littérature du XVIIe siècle chez les fondateurs de l'histoire littéraire", ''XVIIe siècle'' 2003:1:118:3-2
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