Welcome to the Jean Paulhan website, complementary to the Societe des lecteurs de Jean Paulhan.
Writer, critic, editor, literary journal director, and prolific letter writer, Jean Paulhan stood at the center of an artistic constellation. This website reflects that activity and those friendships.
Purpose
This site is a walk through the Jean Paulhan constellation. It is intended both for researchers and for readers who want to better understand twentieth-century literature and access many texts.
It offers serendipitous navigation through more than 850 pages, inviting the reader to wander, discover, and read with pleasure, while gaining a clearer sense of Jean Paulhan's complex figure, his work, and his enduring relevance.
Resources
Many internal and external resources are available: journal tables of contents and texts from Le Spectateur, Commerce, Mesures, Les Cahiers de la Pleiade and other journals, as well as La Nouvelle Revue Francaise.
You can also use the site-wide search tool from the top navigation.
For current updates, see news and site updates.
Happy reading!