ARTFL Project (University of Chicago)

Coverage: 1200-current
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Type(s) of Content: Full Text
Short Description: Almost 2,000 full-text French books, including classic works of French literature, non-fiction prose and technical writing. The 18th, 19th and 20th centuries are about equally represented; some earlier material included.
Genres include novels, verse, theater, journalism, essays, correspondence, and treatises. Subjects include literary criticism, biology, history, economics, and philosophy. In most cases standard scholarly editions were used in converting the text into machine-readable form, and the data contain page references to these editions. The Project for American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language (ARTFL) is a cooperative enterprise of Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Fran