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Aragon's Earliest Known Poem: The Birth of a Poet Soon to be Buried Beneath the Shells of the Great WarRead
One is not born Aragon, one becomes him. Through the trauma of the first World War, the upheaval of Dadaism and the enthusiasm of Surrealism, through communist conviction, through Resistance to oppression, through love…
Before Elsa's gaze, before the Affiches rouges, the comrades, the artistic revolutions (even before the shell that would bury him in the trenches) Aragon is already Aragon, from the very first poem, feverishly written in pencil on a schoolboy's page and given to his friend "Anicet"…
- October 23, 2015Guide to Understanding Calf BindingsCalf hide's natural light brown color can often be treated in the following ways:
- October 13, 2015Literature & ProstitutionOn the occasion of the exhibition "Splendors and Miseries. Images of prostitution, 1850-1910" at the Orsay Museum, the Feu Follet offers a selection on the "venal love" seen through the literary prisms, medical social and even comical. In parallel pictorial works presented in Orsay, find here a selection of writings from The life of a prostitute Maria Theresa to considerations Roman decadence of St. Paul Olive. A journey through without vulgarity nor voyeurism in the universe of "prostitutes".
- September 9, 2015Antique Books Catalog | September 2015Selection of rare and precious antique books.
- October 20, 2015Literature October-November 2015Gautier dreams of the Orient, Alain-Fournier of Yvonne, Pierre Boulle of an ape-like future, Blanchot of hope, Ocampo of Arabia, Tournier of wild life, Pourrat of his village, Sartre of insects, and Sade of... Zola simply dreams, Freud interprets finely, and Michaux tries vainly to wake up.
- October 2, 2015The Great War: first editions in literature, essays and postersA selection of bibliophilic pieces offering an eclectic perspective on the events of 1914-1918. Works by writers, artists, and soldiers preserving the necessary memory of the "Great War."
- August 28, 2015First editions of Prosper Mérimée (1811-1872) - Bibliographical essayEmblematic of the genesis of heritage awareness in the nineteenth century, Prosper Mérimée embraced at once the man of letters and the career of historian. Author of a prolific and eclectic literary, original editions of his works are now rare and sought.
- October 15, 2015First editions of Honoré de Balzac - Bibliographical EssayOscillating between the philosophical novel, fantastic, poetic and realistic, the visionary spirit of Honoré de Balzac knew reconcile scientific thought and romantic soul time to portray a social history including that opened the way for the work of Emile Zola. This bibliography is a synthesis of the first editions of the author.
- September 10, 2015Modern Books Catalog | September 2015Librairie Le Feu Follet offers its catalog of modern books of school: first editions, inscribed books, bindings...
- August 10, 2015First editions of Theophile Gautier (1811-1872) - Bibliographical essayGautier is a leader figure of some literary sensibility of the nineteenth century. As such, the first editions of his works are prized and relatively rare nowadays.
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