Manuscrit autographe signé sur André Gide

Autograph manuscript signed by Robert Brasillach on André Gide, delivering an ambivalent literary portrait of the author of Les Nourritures terrestres . Undated, 54 lines on one page (two slips), presented under a modern navy blue half-morbid shirt.
The sheets are filled with the fine writing of Brasillach, in blue ink, with erasures and corrections.
The manuscript testifies to Brasillach's shared feelings for André Gide, the "immoralist" who left his mark on a whole new generation of writers. Brasillach makes a masterly presentation of Gide's " doctrine of pleasure ", which influenced him in his early years: " He is the first immoralist [...] to live for the cult of self, the creation of the superman. This is the first stage of deliverance to infinity, which is the philosophy of André Gide. [...] That's not all: From a Puritan education, André Gide has kept the meaning of the tragic of life: the continuation of his works is the alternation of his two natures: paganism, Christianity ... we lean with desire towards demonic possession, towards automatism [...] in pleasure we can forget ourselves To be simpler, and here is the end: we could not quite leave each other, give up on ourselves. "
The constant search for new sensations, the fever of ephemeral pleasures are strangely associated with the fascist tendencies of Brasillach, preferring action and the moment to a preconceived doctrine: " Deliver from unhealthy society, we come back to life, to joy, what do the rules established by men do to safeguard the city of slaves? " Besides, the terrestrial boardss - which he cites in this manuscript - and the Vatican cellars seem to have had the greatest effect on him. His literary articles also testify to his great knowledge of the Gidian work. Despite this unacknowledged filiation, Brasillach completes his criticism by pointing out the harmful influence of his mentor: " These councils, free to many to find them dangerous [...] I am not one of those who follow André Gide. I would have liked there to be something more than epicureanism, and one of the most important directions of our time . "