In Search of the Absolute: the Nouvelle Revue francaise, and Uses and Meanings of the Orient (1920-1930)
Titel:
In Search of the Absolute: the Nouvelle Revue francaise, and Uses and Meanings of the Orient (1920-1930)
Auteur:
Cornick, Martyn
Verschenen in:
Modern & contemporary France
Paginering:
Jaargang 14 (2006) nr. 1 pagina's 15-32
Jaar:
2006-02
Inhoud:
In the intellectual history of the interwar period, the Nouvelle Revue francaise (NRF) occupies centre-stage. Valery's essay La crise de l'esprit (1919), published in the review following the Great War, announced a crisis of faith in Western values and traditions. As elsewhere, intellectuals in France looked to the East for new inspirations. This article traces the interest and attraction of the East for certain key NRF writers, including Andre Malraux, and the teacher and philosopher, Jean Grenier, whose essay Sur l'Inde was published in the review in 1930. The article is informed partly by the correspondence of Jean Paulhan, the editor of the NRF.
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