A New France: Changes in French Society and Culture

Henri Peyre was born and educated in France. In 1925, he began his teaching career at Bryn Mawr. Since then he has served on the faculties of the University of Cairo, Lyons University and, of course, Yale, where he has been head of his department since 1939. He has lectured at Cornell, Chicago University and at the University of Buenos Aires. He is the author of numerous articles and books, the most recent of which are The Splendors of Christendom (New York: Time-Life Publications, 1964) and The Literature of France (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1966).