Home›French Literature›Influenced ByBrowse ByInfluenced ByInfluenced by traces an author back to the earlier writing they reacted to or built on. Wikipedia notes Austen's works "are implicit critiques of the novels of sensibility of the second half of the 18th century," a tradition she pushed directly against rather than simply followed. This dimension shows which earlier writing shaped a given author's own approach.FactsInfluenced BySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1000 1Primary Language or TraditionWell-attestedFrench 1Influenced ByFilter Results13 entriesGenreAllAutobiography (1)Chivalric Romance (1)Drama (4)Fable (1)Horror Fiction (2)Lyric Poetry (4)Narrative Poetry (1)Poetry (5)Satire (1)Short Fiction (2)The Novel (2)Original LanguageAllFrench (6)NationalityAllFrance (13)Active EraAll1522 to 1560 (1)1689 to 1755 (1)1768 to 1848 (1)1804 to 1876 (1)1838 to 1889 (2)1842 to 1898 (1)1854 to 1891 (1)1877 to 1939 (3)1921 to 1981 (4)1935 to 2004 (1)MovementAllAge of Enlightenment (1)Romanticism (4)Symbolism (2)GenderAllMale (2)Form Mostly WrittenAllNovel (2)Play (2)Poem (4)Short Story (2)Birth YearAll620 BCE (1)43 BCE (1)56 (1)1265 (1)1304 (1)1431 (1)1608 (1)1712 (1)1802 (1)1809 (1)1821 (1)1844 (1)1905 (1)Death YearAll564 BCE (1)17 (1)120 (1)1321 (1)1374 (1)1674 (1)1778 (1)1849 (1)1867 (1)1885 (1)1896 (1)1980 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareAesopInfluenced By1 entryCharles BaudelaireInfluenced By4 entriesDante AlighieriInfluenced By1 entryEdgar Allan PoeInfluenced By2 entriesFrançois VillonInfluenced By1 entryJean-Jacques RousseauInfluenced By1 entryJean-Paul SartreInfluenced By1 entryJohn MiltonInfluenced By2 entriesOvidInfluenced By1 entryPaul VerlaineInfluenced By1 entryPetrarchInfluenced By1 entryTacitusInfluenced By1 entryVictor HugoInfluenced By1 entrySources1. French Literature (Wikipedia)tier 2WikipediaFrench literature, lead sectionQuote, French literature, lead sectionBeginning in the 11th century, literature written in medieval French was one of the oldest vernacular (non-Latin) literatures in western EuropeView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.