"What is Literature?" and Other Essays

Jean-Paul Sartre

Introduction by Steven Ungar

  • Jean-Paul Sartre is Winner of the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature

Introduction by Steven Ungar

What is Literature?

What is Writing

Why Write

For Whom Does One Write?

Situation of the Writer in 1947

Writing for One's Age

Introduction Les Temps modernes

The Nationalization of Literature

Black Orpheus

Notes

A Note on the Texts

Index

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Jean-Paul Sartre, the great figure of French literary and philosophical culture at mid-century, was the author of numerous works.

Steven Ungar is Professor of French and Chair of Comparative Literature at the University of Iowa and the author of Roland Barthes: the Professor of Desire.