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    ISBN: 9791036206306 , 9791036206283
    Language: Undetermined
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (290 p.)
    Series Statement: Métamorphoses du livre
    Keywords: Bradley, William Aspenwall ; Bradley, Jenny S ; Literary agents Biography ; American literature Appreciation 20th century ; History ; French literature Appreciation 20th century ; History ; Literary studies: general ; book history ; cultural history ; history of publishing ; French literature ; American literature
    Abstract: Who introduced the great American writers to French readers in the interwar years? Who contributed to the circulation of French literature in the United States? The mediators involved in these transatlantic transfers included two lesser-known figures: William and Jenny Bradley. As founders of the first literary agency in France, the Bradleys represented authors such as Clemenceau, Cendrars, Colette, Gide, Malraux, Sartre and Camus, and also Dreiser, Hemingway, Faulkner, Stein, Dos Passos, Chandler, and Baldwin. This study draws on previously unexplored archival material to unveil the fascinating story of this French-American couple and shed new light on literary history, the history of books and the history of publishing, from the 1920s to the immediate post-war years. The narrative offers encounters with the main players in the book industry and delves into the social world of the salons, taking the reader from the Parisian Left Bank to the Riviera, and then on to the shores of America, the destination of transatlantic ships carrying books, letters and travellers
    Abstract: "Qui fit connaître les grands auteurs américains aux lecteurs français dans la période de l'entre-deux guerres ? Qui œuvra à diffuser la littérature française aux États-Unis ? Parmi les artisans de ces circulations transatlantiques, deux figures méconnues : William et Jenny Bradley, qui fondèrent la première agence littéraire en France et se mirent au service de Clemenceau, Cendrars, Colette, Gide, Malraux, Sartre et Camus, mais aussi de Dreiser, Hemingway, Faulkner, Stein, Dos Passos, Chandler et Baldwin. Puisant dans des archives inédites, l'ouvrage invite-à découvrir l'histoire jamais contée de ce couple franco-américain, et éclaire d'un jour nouveau l'histoire littéraire et l'histoire du livre et de l'édition, des années 1920 à l'immédiat après-guerre. Il emmène le lecteur à la rencontre des acteurs du monde du livre et au cœur des sociabilités mondaines, des salons de l'île Saint-Louis et des villégiatures de la Côte d'Azur, jusqu'aux rives américaines vers lesquelles les paquebots transatlantiques transportaient livres, lettres et voyageurs."--Page 4 of cover
    Note: French
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