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Maxime Provost
A Canadian scholar and writer with a deep interest in French literature, he brings literary history to life through sharp, accessible criticism. His work often explores how major authors and cultural myths keep speaking to modern readers.
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About the author
After doctoral studies at McGill University and teaching at McMaster University and Concordia University, he joined the University of Ottawa in 2005, where he has taught in the Department of French. University profiles describe him as a full professor whose work is rooted in French literary studies and cultural history.
He is the author of books including Rictus romantiques. Politiques du rire chez Victor Hugo and Alexandre Dumas mythographe et mythologue, and he has also contributed to collective volumes on writers such as Jules Verne. Across this work, he is known for linking close literary analysis with broader questions about imagination, myth, and the social life of literature.
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