Alan Raitt (1930-2006) was one of the most distinguished French scholars of his generation. He was Professor of French at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Magdalen College. His books include landmark studies of Flaubert, Mérimée and Villiers de l'Isle-Adam. He was a Fellow of the British Academy, Commandeur dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques and the general editor of French Studies. Francesco Manzini is a Fixed-Term Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford.
He is the author of Stendhal's Parallel Lives (2004) and The Fevered Novel from Balzac to Bernanos (2011).
He is the author of Stendhal's Parallel Lives (2004) and The Fevered Novel from Balzac to Bernanos (2011).



