What Is Literature

Jean-Paul Sartre

Original title: Qu'est-ce que la littérature?

earliest edition we have, 1949 La Pléaide Gallimard, 1964 paperback

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Publié en 1948, ce premier volume d'une série existentialistement nommée "Situations", traite de l'écrivain (Qu'est-ce qu'écrire?) de sa mission (Pourquoi écrire?) et de ses lecteurs (Pour qui écrit-on?). SDM

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Editions we hold

Literature And Existentialism paperback · 2000 · Citadel · 160 pages
What Is Literature? paperback · 1993 · Routledge · 256 pages · 9780415104371
Qu'est-ce que la littérature? edition · 1988 · Gallimard · 374 pages
What Is Literature hardcover · 1982 · Peter Smith Pub Inc · 9780844628677
What is literature? edition · 1975 · Harper & Row
Quest-ce que la littérature ? paperback · 1964 · La Pléaide Gallimard · 9782070350582

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