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A few examples of more specialized handbooks and encyclopedias include:
Francophone Literatures : a Literary and Linguistic Companion
The Feminist Encyclopedia of French Literature
Encyclopedia of Contemporary French Culture
The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French

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We also have many French-English Dictionaries ,Grammars, Verb Guides

A Handbook to Literature  Brief entries defining genres, allusions, movements, literary terms. Based on the 1936 classic by William Thrall and Addison Hibbard.   

Cambridge Collections Online (online)  A variety of literary companions.

Reference Guide to World Literature (Online through Gale Virtual Library)

A Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory Technical terms, literary forms, genres, groups and movements, phrases, ~isms, motifs, themes, objects such as manuscripts, and concepts such as sublime are all defined in this dictionary.  Entries range from a line or two to several pages.   

Twentieth Century Literary Movements Dictionary. REF PN 597.T94