Western European Studies

How to Identify Bibliographies

1. Duke Catalog: Perform a Subject Search on French Literature, and browse entries by century, for example
   French literature -- 16th century -- Bibliography.
   French literature -- 18th century -- Bibliography.
2. Duke Catalog: Perform a Keyword Search on your topic and add “bibliography," for example:
   add “bibliography” to a search for French poetry, prose, epic, romance, lyric poetry, drama, prose, etc.
   
3. Use the same terms for a search in Worldcat
4. Use the same terms in a search of the MLA International Bibliography
5. Check for lists of bibliographies in the Guides to French Literary Studies.

The Medieval Period

Bossuat, Robert. 
Manuel bibliographique de la littérature française du Moyen Age. 
Librairie d’Argences, 1951. 
Library Service Center: z840 B746M LSC  
Perkins/Bostock Library: Reference | Z2172 .B7 1951  

Cabeen, D. C.
A Critical bibliography of French literature. [General and Restrospective]
Published  Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 1947- 
v. 1. The medieval period / edited by Urban T. Holmes, Jr. –
v. 2. The sixteenth century / edited by Alexander H. Schutz –
v. 2. The sixteenth century / edited by Raymond C. La Charité (rev. 1985) –
v. 3. The seventeenth century / edited by Nathan Edelman -- v.
3A suppl. The seventeenth century / edited by H. Gaston Hall –
v. 4. The eighteenth century / edited by George R. Havens, Donald F. Bond –
v. 4. suppl. The eighteenth century / edited by Richard A. Brooks –
v. 5. The nineteenth century. –
v. 6. The twentieth century / edited by Douglas W. Alden and Richard A. Brooks (3 v.) 
Perkins/Bostock Library:
Reference | PC2001 .C2 1947  

International Medieval Bibliography.

Speculum. A journal of Medieval Studies. [Bibliography section]
In JSTOR: Speculum, 1926- (excluding latest 5 years)
Perkins/Bostock Library:
Periodicals | S741

Vielliard, Françoise. 
Manuel bibliographique de la littérature française du Moyen Age de Robert Bossuat. Troisième supplément. 
Paris : Editions du Centre national de la recherche scientifique, 1990- 
Perkins/Bostock Library: Reference | Z2172 .V545 1990 Suppl.3  
Note: UNC holds supplement for 1954-60, 1949-53

The 16th 17th and 18th Century

The 19 and 20th Century.

Cabeen, D.C.
A Critical bibliography of French literature. [General and Restrospective]
Published  Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 1947- 
v. 1. The medieval period / edited by Urban T. Holmes, Jr. –
v. 2. The sixteenth century / edited by Alexander H. Schutz –
v. 2. The sixteenth century / edited by Raymond C. La Charité (rev. 1985) –
v. 3. The seventeenth century / edited by Nathan Edelman -- v.
3A suppl. The seventeenth century / edited by H. Gaston Hall –
v. 4. The eighteenth century / edited by George R. Havens, Donald F. Bond –
v. 4. suppl. The eighteenth century / edited by Richard A. Brooks –
v. 5. The nineteenth century. –
v. 6. The twentieth century / edited by Douglas W. Alden and Richard A. Brooks (3 v.) 
Perkins/Bostock Library:
Reference | PC2001 .C2 1947  

Dreher, S. 
Bibliographie de la littérature française, 1930-1939.Complément à la Bibliographie de H.P. Thieme. 
Published  Lille, Giard, 1948. 
Perkins/Bostock Library: Reference | Z2171 .D7 1948  

Drevet, Marguerite L. 
Bibliographie de la littérature française, 1940-1949.
Complément à la bibliographie de H. P. Thieme. 
Published  Genève, Librairie E. Droz, 1954. 
Perkins/Bostock Library: Reference | Z2171 .D73 1954  

French VI
Modern Language Association of America, French Bibliography Committee
French VI: nineteenth-century French literature bibliography. 1955 
Perkins/Bostock Library: Stacks | z840.903 M689F

French VII
Modern Language Association of America, French Bibliography Committee
French VII  bibliography; critical and biographical references for the study of contemporary French literature [serial]. 
Published  v. [2]-4 (no. 6-20); 1953-68. 
New York, French Institute [etc.] 
Perkins/Bostock Library: Reference | PQ305 .F746  

French XX.
Modern Language Association of America, French Bibliography Committee
French XX:  bibliography. 1969 
Perkins/Bostock Library: Reference | PQ305 .F746

French XX Supplement.
Modern Language Association of America, French Bibliography Committee
French XX: Bibliography. Provençal supplement. 1976 
Perkins/Bostock Library: Reference | PC3381 .F746
Perkins/Bostock Library:Reference Index Area | z840.904 F873B In process-LC

Gelfand, Elissa D.
French feminist criticism : women, language, and literature : an annotated bibliography.
Published  New York : Garland Pub., 1985. 
Perkins/Bostock Library:
Reference | HQ1386 .G44 1985  

Thieme, Hugo P. 
Bibliographie de la littérature française de 1800 à 1930.
Published  Paris, E. Droz, 1933. 
Perkins/Bostock Library: Reference | Z2171 .T43 1933  

Talvart, Hector. 
Bibliographie des auteurs modernes de langue française (1801-1927).
Imprint Paris, Éditions de la Chronique des lettres françaises, 1928-
AT UNC: Location Davis Library Reference Call Number Z2171 .T16
Twentieth Century Literature
Denver, Colo. :Swallow Press,1955- 

See also:

• Current Bibliographies and browse selected Indexes and Guides to Western European Periodicals, some links to full text journal content