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Portrait de Fernand Baldensperger

Fernand Baldensperger

Fernand Baldensperger, born May 4, 1871 in Saint-Dié and died February 24, 1958 in Suresnes, is a French academic who is among the founders of comparative literature.


Resources

Read Ferdinand Baldensperger's French Literature between the Two Wars in Gallica.

Fernand Baldensperger Fund


Correspondance : Fernand Baldensperger & Jean Paulhan, 1936


Bibliography of texts published in the NRF

The texts below, published in La Nouvelle Revue Française, are grouped into four main sets: texts by Fernand Baldensperger, notes and columns by the author, texts about the author, and, when available, translations by the author.

Texts by Fernand Baldensperger

  1. La lettre qu'on va lire, et qui manquait à la série de celles que Vigny a écrites..., 1930-01-01
  2. Avant-propos au Journal d'un poète, 1935-07-01
  3. Il a semblé qu'en arrêtant à 1841 le premier volume du Journal d'un poète..., 1936-11-01

Notes by Fernand Baldensperger

These texts by Fernand Baldensperger may include reading notes, mood notes, performance reviews, miscellaneous pieces, or previously unpublished texts. They appeared in NRF sections such as Chronique des romans, L'air du mois, Le temps comme il passe, etc., or in tribute issues.

  1. Une lettre, 1938-03-01, Correspondance

Chronological distribution of texts published in the NRF (1908-1968)

This chart shows the chronological distribution of texts across the four categories defined above: Texts, Notes, Translations, and Texts about the author.