On poetry and politics / Jean Paulhan ; edited and with an introduction by Jennifer Bajorek and Eric Trudel ; translated from the French by Jennifer Bajorek, Charlotte Mandell, and Eric Trudel
The experience of the proverb -- Jacob Cow the Pirate, or if words are signs -- Rhetoric rises from its ashes -- Young lady with mirrors -- Key to poetry -- Democracy calls on the first to come along -- The bee -- Letter on peace -- Letters to the directors about Europe -- Letter to the directors of the resistance.
As an editor and writer of fiction, Jean Paulhan was an influential figure in 20th-century French literature. This book deals with another aspect of his oeuvre, collecting together his major essays on literature, art, rhetoric and language.