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Historical and political preoccupations in "La nouvelle revue française" under the editorship of Jean Paulhan, 1925 to 1940

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Cornick, Martyn (1986) Historical and political preoccupations in "La nouvelle revue française" under the editorship of Jean Paulhan, 1925 to 1940. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.

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Abstract

Within the range of literary reviews in Twentieth-Century
France, none has a more highly-esteemed reputation than la Nouvelle
Revue Francaise, originally founded in 1909 by Andre Gide and his
friends. Resuming in 1919 in a world profoundly shaken by the
upheaval and consequences of the First World War, the NRF,
at first under Jacques Riviere and then, from 1925 (for the rest
of the Inter-War period), under the editorial control of
Jean Paulhan, re-established itself at the forefront of literary
and critical creativity.
Informed by much of the unpublished correspondence of Paulhan,
this thesis shows that the NRF was not exclusively literary. An
examination of Paulhan's role, and of his editorial policy
(Chapter One) precedes the identification of a number of themes.
Already sensitive to topical questions, the NRF debated the role
and responsibilities of the intellectuals (Chapter Two), whose
attitudes tended to become more politicized as they grew more
aware of the deficiencies of the Third Republic (Chapter Three).
Their preoccupations reflected major themes, in particular
Franco-German relations (Chapter Four), Franco-Soviet relations
(Chapter Five), and the Jewish question (Chapter Six). Of course
the writers involved with the NRF continued to consider political
and international issues in the light of their own preferences
and prejudices.; yet their reactions and interpretations show that
they were ever-more conscious of the crucial, historical importance
of the period. Indeed its nature was such that History forced the
NRF, eventually, into adopting a partisan position which was
Antifascist, anti-Munich, and which even prefigured the Resistance
(Chapter Seven).

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation (PhD)
Subjects: P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General)
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Nouvelle revue française -- History, Paulhan, Jean, 1884-1968, Journalism -- France -- History -- 20th century, Press and politics -- France -- History -- 20th century
Official Date: May 1986
Dates:
DateEvent
May 1986Submitted
Institution: University of Warwick
Theses Department: Department of French Studies
Thesis Type: PhD
Publication Status: Unpublished
Supervisor(s)/Advisor: Hewitt, Nicholas
Extent: 568 leaves
Language: eng

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