What Is Literature?

What Is Literature?
Cover of the first edition
AuthorJean-Paul Sartre
Original titleQu'est-ce que la littérature?
TranslatorBernard Frechtman
LanguageFrench
SubjectLiterature, Philosophy
PublisherMethuen & Co. LTD. (London)
Publication date
1948
Publication placeFrance
Published in English
1950
Media typePrint
Pages238

What Is Literature? (French: Qu'est-ce que la littérature?), also published as Literature and Existentialism,[1] is an essay by French philosopher and novelist Jean-Paul Sartre, published by Gallimard in 1948.[2] Initially published in freestanding essays across French literary journals Les Temps modernes, Situations I and Situations II, essays "What Is Writing?" and "Why Write?" were translated into English and published by the Paris-based literary journal Transition 1948.[3] The English translation by Bernard Frechtman was published in 1950.[4]

  1. ^ Sartre, Jean-Paul (2000). Literature and Existentialism. U.S.A.: Citadel.
  2. ^ Sartre, Jean-Paul (1948). Qu'est-ce que la littérature?. France: Gallimard.
  3. ^ Sartre, Jean-Paul (1948). "What is Literature?". Transition 1948. 1. Sartre, Jean-Paul (1948). "Why Does One Write?". Transition 1948. 2.
  4. ^ Sartre, Jean-Paul (1950). What is Literature?. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd.

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