This work aims to fill a gap in our knowledge of French cultural history between the wars. The contribution of the Nouvelle Revue Française to the intellectual history of this period. He has not been studied before. The current study, based on the archives of the editor, Jean Paulhan, examines the subject thematically.
Contents: Introduction. Chapter 1: Anatomy of a review: the Nouvelle Revue française and Jean Paulhan, 1920-1940. Chapter 2: Catalyst for intellectual engagement: the serialization of La Trahison des clercs. Chapter 3: Idealism or militancy? Radicalism, antifascism and the NRF.Chapter 4: A fatal attraction: the NRF and Franco-German rapprochement. Chapter 5: The 'great glow in the East': the NRF, Gide and the Soviet Union. Chapter 6: The NRF, the Jewish question and anti-Semitism. Chapter 7: Resisting delusion: the NRF and the drift into war. In conclusion. Bibliography. Index.
Contents: Introduction. Chapter 1: Anatomy of a review: the Nouvelle Revue française and Jean Paulhan, 1920-1940. Chapter 2: Catalyst for intellectual engagement: the serialization of La Trahison des clercs. Chapter 3: Idealism or militancy? Radicalism, antifascism and the NRF.Chapter 4: A fatal attraction: the NRF and Franco-German rapprochement. Chapter 5: The 'great glow in the East': the NRF, Gide and the Soviet Union. Chapter 6: The NRF, the Jewish question and anti-Semitism. Chapter 7: Resisting delusion: the NRF and the drift into war. In conclusion. Bibliography. Index.