Aragon as Novelist: Genesis, Models, Reuses

Edited by Dominique Massonnaud and Julien Piat. Paris, Classiques Garnier, “Rencontres” series, no. 144, “Rhetoric, Stylistics, Semiotics” series, no. 2, 2016.

Contributors: Olivier Barbarant, Laetitia Gonon, Dominique Massonnaud, David Meyer, Michel Murat, Julien Piat, Nathalie Piégay-Gros, Josette Pintueles, Christelle Reggiani, Pascale Roux, Marie-Albane Watine, Nelly Wolf.

In order to better understand the genesis and poetics of Aragon’s novels, the studies gathered here examine the models and reuses that shape his writing. This brings to light a set of prediscourses, imaginaries, and stylistic patterns with which his work is in close dialogue.