Henri Béhar Bibliography

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I. Books

A. Essays

Roger Vitrac, An Outcast of Surrealism, Paris, Nizet, 1966, 330 pages.
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Study on Dada and Surrealist Theatre, Paris, Gallimard, 1967, 358 pages, "Les Essais" series. Translated into Japanese, Spanish, Polish, Italian.
Revised and expanded new edition: Dada and Surrealist Theatre, Idées/Gallimard, 1979, 444 pages.
Jarry as Playwright, Paris, Nizet, 1980, 304 pages.
Vitrac, Theatre Open to Dream, Brussels, Labor; Paris, Fernand Nathan, 1981, 254 pages. (Reissued Lausanne, L’Âge d’homme, 1993).
Surrealism, Texts and Debates (in collaboration with Michel Carassou), Paris, Hachette, 1984, 509 pages; reissued 1992. Translated into Japanese by Shi Sho Sha, 1997.
The Thoughts of André Breton (with the collaboration of Maryvonne Barbé and Roland Fournier), Lausanne, L’Âge d’homme, 1988, 362 pages.
The Cultures of Jarry, Paris, Presses Universitaires de France, 1988, 312 pages, "Écrivains" series. (Reissued by Nizet, 1994).
Littéruptures, Lausanne, L’Âge d’homme, 1988, 256 pages, "Bibliothèque Mélusine".
André Breton the Great Undesirable, Paris, Calmann-Lévy, 1990, 475 pages, "Biography" series. Translated into Japanese (Shi Sho Sha, 1997) and Chinese (Hebei editions, 2004).
Dada, History of a Subversion (in collaboration with Michel Carassou), Paris, Fayard, 1990, 264 pages. New edition 2005. Spanish translation (Peninsula, 1996); Japanese translation (Shi Sho Sha, 1997); Chinese translation (Gankui Normal University, 2003).
Literature and Its Golem, Paris, Honoré Champion, 1996, 254 pages, Quantitative Linguistics Series, no. 58.
Surrealism in the Left-Wing Press (1924–1939), Paris, éditions Paris-Méditerranée, 2002, 348 pages.
The Lost Children: An Essay on the Avant-Garde, Lausanne, L’Âge d’Homme, 2002, 288 pages.
The Dramaturgy of Alfred Jarry, Paris, Honoré Champion, 2003, 412 pages, "Literature of Our Century" series no. 22 [this is the revised and updated edition of no. 4].
Tristan Tzara, Essay, Paris, Oxus, 2005, 258 pages, "Parisians of Romanian Origin" series. Translated into Romanian.
André Breton the Great Undesirable, Paris, Fayard, 2005, 542 pages. New, revised and enriched edition of no. 10.
Analysis of Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time, Paris, Pocket, 2006, 281 pages.
André Breton, Arcane 17, facsimile of the original manuscript, edition prepared and introduced by Henri Béhar, Paris, Biro Éditeur, 2008 (luxury edition in two volumes in a slipcase: one containing the facsimile, 18 × 23.5 cm, 48 pages, full color; the other: "Of a Poem-Object" and the transcription by H.B., Breton’s text, 18 × 23.5 cm, 240 pages, black-and-white); standard edition in one hardcover volume, 17.5 × 24 cm, 254 pages + illustrations.
Literature and Its Golem, Volume II, Paris, Classiques Garnier Editions, 2010, 378 pages.
Shockwaves: New Essays on the Avant-Garde, Lausanne, L’Âge d’Homme, 2010, 344 pages.
Poetry and Politics in the 20th Century, edited by Henri Béhar and Pierre Taminiaux, Paris, Hermann, 2011, 396 pages.
Guide to Surrealist Paris, edited by Henri Béhar, Éditions du Patrimoine, "Guides de Paris" series, 2012, 200 pages.

B. Critical Editions, Sometimes for a General Audience

Roger Vitrac: Dés-lyre, complete poems, presented and annotated by H. B., Paris, Gallimard, 1964, 224 pages.
Roger Vitrac: Theatre, vols. III and IV, Paris, Gallimard, 1964.
Tristan Tzara: Complete Works, text established, presented, and annotated by H. B., vols. I to VI, Paris, Flammarion, 1975–1991, volumes ranging from 473 to 746 pages.
Tristan Tzara: Grains and Outcomes, chronology, preface, notes, and dossier established by H. B., Paris, Garnier-Flammarion, 1981, 310 pages.
Alfred Jarry: Ubu Roi, with biographical, historical, and literary notes, explanatory annotations, thematic and pedagogical documentation by H. B., Paris, Larousse, 176 pages.
Inquisitions, facsimile of the journal enhanced with unpublished documents, presented by H. B., Paris, CNRS Editions, 1990, 182 pages.
Jules Renard: Poil de Carotte, preface, dossier, notes, and commentary by H. B., Paris, Presses Pocket, 1990, 348 pages. As this edition is no longer supported by the publisher, the preface is available below for PDF download.
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Marcel Proust: Swann’s Way, preface and Proustian itinerary by H. B., Paris, Presses Pocket, 1993, 402 pages. [Second edition, augmented with "keys to the work" and reduced illustrations, Paris, Presses Pocket, 2000, 402 pages.]
Alfred de Musset: No Trifling with Love, preface and commentary by H. B., Pocket no. 6102, "Lire et voir les classiques" series.
Alexandre Dumas fils: The Lady of the Camellias, introduction and commentary by H. B., Pocket no. 6103, 1994, 422 pages, "Lire et voir les classiques" series.
Tristan Tzara, Dada is Tattooed, Everything is Dada, introduction, text establishment, notes, bibliography, and chronology by H. B., GF-Flammarion no. 892, 1996, 382 pages.
Alfred Jarry, Ubu Roi, preface, notes, and "keys to the work" by H. B., Pocket no. 6153, 2000, 259 pages, "Pocket Classics" series.
Eugène Labiche, An Italian Straw Hat, preface, notes, and "keys to the work" by H. B., Pocket no. 6260, 2003, 306 pages, "Pocket Classics" series.
Alfred Jarry in Verve, presentation and selection by H. B., Pierre Horay Editions, 2003, 128 pages.
Tristan Tzara, Theatrical Works, text established and prefaced by H. B., translated into Romanian by Vasile Robciuc, Les Cahiers Tristan Tzara nos. 27-30, spring 2007, 302 pages.
Commentaries to Accompany the Reading of the Illustrated 1899 Almanac of Père Ubu, by Henri Béhar, Marieke Dubbelboer, and Jean-Paul Morel, L’Etoile-Absinthe nos. 121-122, Du Lérot Editions, 2009, 96 pages. [Presentation notes with page-by-page commentary.]
Proust in Verve, presentation and selection by H. B., Pierre Horay Editions, 2010, 128 pages.
Tristan Tzara, Complete Poems, edition prepared and presented by Henri Béhar, Flammarion, "Mille et une pages" collection, 2011, 744 pages.

C. Edition of Scholarly Journals

1 – 3. Cahiers Dada-Surréalisme, Paris, Minard editions, 1966–1969.

4 – 31. Mélusine, Journal of the Centre for Research on Surrealism, Lausanne, L’Âge d’homme, studies and documents compiled by H. B.

no. 1 – Emission-Reception, 1980, 334 pages.

no. 2 – Occult-Occultation, 1981, 316 pages.

no. 3 – Margins-Non Borders, 1982, 302 pages.

no. 4 – The Surrealist Book, 1983, 382 pages.

no. 5 – Politics-Polemics, 1984, 370 pages.

no. 6 – Roussel in Glory, 1984, 302 pages.

no. 7 – The Age of Man-The Golden Age, 1985, 332 pages.

no. 8 – The Ungrateful Age, 1986, 272 pages.

no. 9 – Arp, Poet and Visual Artist, 1987, 300 pages.

no. 10 – Love-Humor, 1988, 286 pages.

no. 11 – History-Historiography, 1989, 316 pages.

no. 12 – Readable-Visible, 1991, 320 pages.

no. 13 – The Surrealist and His Psychoanalyst, 1992, 330 pages.

no. 14 – Surrealist Europe, 1993, 332 pages.

no. 15 – Cast Shadow: Surrealism in Hungary, 1994, 332 pages.

no. 16 – Cultures, Countercultures, 1995, 432 pages.

no. 17 – Crossfire Tzara-Breton, 1997, 347 pages.

no. 18 – Maxime Alexandre, 1998, 336 pages.

no. 19 – Mexico, Magnetic Mirror, 1999, 400 pages.

no. 20 – Marvelous and Surrealism, 2000, 352 pages.

no. 21 – Realism-Surrealism, 2001, 352 pages.

no. 22 – René Crevel or The Spirit against Reason, 2002, 320 pages.

no. 23 – Inside-Outside, 2003, 342 pages.

no. 24 – Surrealist Cinema, 2004, 342 pages.

no. 25 – Universal Reporting, 2005, 304 pages.

no. 26 – Metamorphoses, 2006, 352 pages.

no. 27 – Surrealism and Science, 2007, 342 pages.

no. 28 – Surrealism as Heritage: The Avant-Gardes after 1945, 2008, 318 pages.

no. 29 – Surrealism without Architecture, 2009, 332 pages.

no. 30 – Serbian Surrealists, 2010, 332 pages.

no. 31 – The Networks of Surrealism, 2011, 344 pages.

no. 32 – With Beautiful Hands: Surrealist Book, Artist’s Book, 2012, 332 pages.

D. Series Editorship

In addition to the journals mentioned above, I direct the Bibliothèque Mélusine (L’Âge d’Homme), the Les Pas Perdus collection (Phénix/Librissimo editions), and the Cap’agreg series (Nizet), which have published the following works:

I. Bibliothèque Mélusine (L’Âge d’Homme):

Michel Carassou, Jacques Vaché and the Nantes Group. Preface by Henri Béhar, Jean-Michel Place Editions, 1986, 256 pages, illustrated.
Pascaline Mourier-Casile, From Chimera to Marvel: Research on the Fin-de-Siècle Imaginary and Surrealist Imaginary, L’Âge d’Homme Editions, 1986, 304 pages.
Yves Bridel, Mirrors of Surrealism: Essay on the Reception of Surrealism in France and French-speaking Switzerland (1916–1939). Preface by Henri Béhar, L’Âge d’Homme Editions, 1988, 203 pages.
Henri Béhar, Roland Fournier, Maryvonne Barbier, The Thoughts of André Breton, L’Âge d’Homme Editions, 1988, 362 pages.
André Breton or Surrealism Itself. Studies compiled by Marc Saporta with the collaboration of Henri Béhar, L’Âge d’Homme Editions, 1988, 200 pages.
Henri Béhar, Littéruptures, L’Âge d’Homme Editions, 1988, 256 pages.
Marcel Jean and Arpad Mezei, Genesis of Modern Thought in French Literature: Essay. Preface by Henri Béhar, L’Âge d’Homme Editions, 2001, v + 232 pages.
Modern and Contemporary Mélusine, studies compiled by Arlette Bouloumié with the collaboration of Henri Béhar, L’Âge d’Homme Editions, 2001, 368 pages.
Thierry Aubert, The Surrealist and Death, L’Âge d’Homme Editions, 2001, 324 pages.
Paolo Scopelliti, The Influence of Surrealism on Psychoanalysis, preface by Roger Dadoun, L’Âge d’Homme Editions, 2002, 248 pages.
André Breton and Paul Éluard: The Immaculate Conception, facsimile edition of the manuscript from the Picasso Museum, introduction and transcription by Paolo Scopelliti, preface by Henri Béhar, L’Âge d’Homme, 2002, 228 pages.
Ferdinand Alquié, Youth Notebooks, presented by Paule Plouvier, L’Âge d’Homme Editions, 2003, 160 pages.
Jacques Prévert, "Erased Borders", texts presented and compiled by Carole Aurouet, Daniel Compère, Danièle Gasiglia-Laster, and Arnaud Laster, L’Âge d’Homme Editions, 2003, 216 pages.
Elza Adamowicz, This Is Not a Painting: Surrealist Writings on Art, L’Âge d’Homme Editions, 2004, 264 pages.
Olivier Penot-Lacassagne (ed.), Artaud in Journals, L’Âge d’Homme Editions, 2004, 208 pages.
Christophe Dauphin, Sarane Alexandrian or the Great Challenge of the Imagination, L’Âge d’Homme Editions, 2006, 206 pages.
Salvador Dalí, The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí: Am I a Genius? Critical edition of original manuscripts established by Frédérique Joseph-Lowery, 2006, 740 pages.
Le Grand Jeu in Motion, proceedings of the Reims conference compiled by Olivier Penot-Lacassagne and Emmanuel Rubio, L’Âge d’Homme Editions, 2007, 336 pages.
Gilbert Lely the Devouring Poetry, proceedings of the “Gilbert Lely Centenary” conference, Paris, 2004. Texts compiled by Emmanuel Rubio, L’Âge d’Homme Editions, 2008, 236 pages.
International Surrealism Bulletin (April 1935–September 1936), facsimile of the four issues, introduction by Georges Sebbag, L’Âge d’Homme Editions, 2009, 64 pages.
Emmanuel Rubio, The Philosophies of André Breton, L’Âge d’Homme Editions, 2009, 564 pages.

II. Cap’agreg Collection (Nizet):

Hubert de Phalèse (collective name): Countdown: Huysmans’ Work through New Technologies, Paris, Nizet, 1991, 148 pages.
Hubert de Phalèse: Renan All Things Considered: Childhood and Youth Memories through New Technologies, Paris, Nizet, 1992, 164 pages, illustrated.
Hubert de Phalèse: The Words of Molière: The Last Four Plays through New Technologies, Paris, Nizet, 1992, 160 pages.
Hubert de Phalèse: Travel Guide to Journey to the End of the Night, Paris, Nizet, 1993, 160 pages.
Hubert de Phalèse: Portable Voltaire: The Philosophical Dictionary through New Technologies, Paris, Nizet, 1994, 160 pages.
Hubert de Phalèse: Dictionary of Les Misérables: Encyclopedic Dictionary of Victor Hugo’s Novel Created Using New Technologies, Paris, Nizet, 1994, 160 pages.
Hubert de Phalèse: The Voices of Man’s Condition, Paris, Nizet, 1995, 160 pages.
Hubert de Phalèse: Quintessence of Alcools: Apollinaire’s Collection through New Technologies, Paris, Nizet, 1996, 166 pages.
Hubert de Phalèse: Code of the Road of Flanders, Paris, Nizet, 1997, 160 pages.
Hubert de Phalèse: Beckett by the Letter: Waiting for Godot, Endgame, Paris, Nizet, 1998, 160 pages.
Hubert de Phalèse: Corinne Up to Date, Paris, Nizet, 1999, 160 pages.
Hubert de Phalèse: The Forging of Jules Laforgue’s Complaints, Paris, Nizet, 2000, 160 pages.
Hubert de Phalèse: On the Road with Aragon’s Les Voyageurs de l’impériale, Paris, Nizet, 2001, 160 pages.
Hubert de Phalèse: Good Tales and Witticisms of Gil Blas, Paris, Nizet, 2002, 160 pages.
Hubert de Phalèse: In Search of Lost Illusions, Paris, Nizet, 2003, 160 pages.
Hubert de Phalèse: The Rule of the Self in L’Âge d’Homme, Paris, Nizet, 2004, 160 pages.
Hubert de Phalèse: The Words of Tête d’Or (second version), Dictionary of Claudel’s play, Paris, Nizet, 2005, 152 pages.

III. Les Pas Perdus Collection (Phénix Editions):

Surrealism and Textual Practices, studies compiled by Emmanuel Rubio, 2002, 224 pages.
Cyrille Bagros, The Surrealist Space, 2003, 274 pages.
Entering Surrealism, studies compiled by Emmanuel Rubio, 2004, 284 pages.
Surrealist Intellectual (after 1945).

IV. Dada Collection (Dilecta Editions):

Tristan Tzara, The First Celestial Adventure of Mr. Antipyrine, illustrated by Marcel Janco, 2005.
Tristan Tzara, 7 Dada Manifestos, illustrated by Francis Picabia, 2005.
Tristan Tzara, Twenty-five Poems, illustrated by Hans Arp, 2006.
Tristan Tzara, Cinema Calendar of the Abstract Heart, illustrated by Hans Arp, 2006.

E. Collective Works

Article "Dada," in Encyclopaedia Universalis.
Chapter "Dada-Tzara" in Literary History of France, Paris, Éditions sociales, 1979, pp. 203-209.
Entries: Dada, Ionesco, Jarry, Surrealism, Vitrac, in Enciclopedia del teatro del ‘900, edited by Antonio Attisani, Milan, Feltrinelli, 1980.
Section "Comparative Poetics," in Research and Multidisciplinarity, Proceedings of the Gif-sur-Yvette Conference, Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle, 1982, pp. 249-331.
Literary entries in the Grand Dictionnaire Encyclopédique, Paris, Larousse, 1982.
Entries on Baron, Collage, Congress, Critique, Dada, Oddity, Theatre, Titles, Tzara, Valençay, Vitrac, and various works in General Dictionary of Surrealism and its Environs, Fribourg, Office du Livre; Paris, P.U.F., 1982.
Entries on contemporary French literature (authors, characters, themes, terminology) in Historical, Thematic and Technical Dictionary of French and Foreign Literatures, Ancient and Modern, edited by Jacques Demougin, Paris, Larousse, 1985.
"1936, Arts and Literature," Europe, no. 683, March 1986 [editor of this special issue].
Literary History Today (with Roger Fayolle), Paris, Armand Colin, 1990, 187 pages. Collection of contributions and introduction to the volume devoted to André Breton, Europe no. 743, 1991.
Hubert de Phalèse (collective name): Countdown: Huysmans’ Work through New Technologies, Paris, Nizet, 1991, 148 pages.
"Countdown: Computing at the Service of Aggregates," in Frantext, Around a Textual Database, Paris, Didier Erudition, 1992, pp. 113-135.
Hubert de Phalèse (collective name): Renan All Things Considered: Childhood and Youth Memories through New Technologies, Paris, Nizet, 1992, 164 pages, illustrated.
Entry on Tristan Tzara in the biographical dictionary of the French labor movement, directed by Jean Maitron, vol. XLII, 1992.
Hubert de Phalèse (collective name): Travel Guide to Journey to the End of the Night, Paris, Nizet, 1993, 160 pages, Cap’agreg series no. 4.
Hubert de Phalèse (collective name): Portable Voltaire: The Philosophical Dictionary through New Technologies, Paris, Nizet, 1994, 160 pages, Cap’agreg series no. 5.
Hubert de Phalèse (collective name): Dictionary of Les Misérables: Encyclopedic Dictionary of Victor Hugo’s Novel Created Using New Technologies, Paris, Nizet, 1994, 160 pages, Cap’agreg series no. 6.
"Max Jacob," Axis Encyclopedia (Dossier), 1995.
Hubert de Phalèse (collective name): The Voices of Man’s Condition, Paris, Nizet, 1995, Cap’agreg series no. 7.
[with Michel Bernard] "The Nebula of Feelings," in Thematic Analysis of Textual Data, edited by François Rastier, published by Éveline Martin, Paris, Didier Érudition, 1995, pp. 53-84.
"Poetic Uses of Language: Dada and Surrealism," in History of the French Language 1914-1945, edited by Gérald Antoine and Robert Martin, CNRS Editions, 1995, pp. 567-595.
Hubert de Phalèse (collective name): Quintessence of Alcools: Apollinaire’s Collection through New Technologies, Paris, Nizet, 1996, 166 pages.
Hubert de Phalèse (collective name): Code of the Road of Flanders, Nizet, 1997, 160 pages.
Hubert de Phalèse (collective name): Beckett by the Letter: Waiting for Godot, Endgame, Nizet, 1998, 160 pages.
"Europe 1923-1998, A Review of International Culture". Proceedings of the conference held at the Sorbonne on March 27, 1998, organized by Henri Béhar under the auspices of the Association of Friends of Europe and the University Paris III-Sorbonne Nouvelle, Europe, special issue, 1998, 144 pages.
"Ubu Roi and Pataphysics," in The Rebellious Century: Dictionary of 20th-Century Protest, Larousse, 1999, pp. 609-611.
Hubert de Phalèse (collective name): Corinne Up to Date, Nizet, 1999, 160 pages.
Entries "Breton" pp. 204-217, "Lautréamont" pp. 726-733, and "Jarry" pp. 642-647 in Le Robert of Great French-Language Writers, edited by Philippe Hamon and Denis Roger-Vasselin, 2000.
Hubert de Phalèse (collective name): The Forging of Jules Laforgue’s Complaints, Nizet, 2000, 160 pages.
Hubert de Phalèse (collective name): On the Road with Aragon’s Les Voyageurs de l’impériale, Nizet, 2001, 160 pages.
Dictionary of 20th-Century French Plays, edited by Jean-Yves Guérin, Champion, 2005.
Total Dada Circuit (in collaboration with Catherine Dufour): "Les Dossiers H," L’Âge d’Homme, 2005, 776 pages.
Formules no. 11, Proceedings of the conference "Surrealism and Formal Constraints," 2007 (in collaboration with Alain Chevrier), 336 pages.
Alfred Jarry and the Arts (H.B. in collaboration with Julien Schuh), Proceedings of the Laval conference, L’Étoile-Absinthe, nos. 115-116, Du Lérot Editions, 2008, 254 pages.
Commentaries to Accompany the Reading of the Illustrated 1899 Almanac of Père Ubu, by Henri Béhar, Marieke Dubbelboer, and Jean-Paul Morel, L’Etoile-Absinthe, nos. 121-122, Du Lérot Editions, 2009, 96 pages.

II- ARTICLES:

“Letters from Antonin Artaud to Roger Vitrac,” NRF, April 1964.
“Delirious Vitrac,” Mercure de France, March 1965.
“On Les Cenci,” Calliope jeune théâtre, no. 2, April 1966.
“Adventure and Dice,” Cahiers Dada Surréalisme, no. 1, 1966.
“Should Dada Have Been Executed?” Les Nouveaux Cahiers, no. 5, June 1966.
“The Language of the Sephardim,” Les Nouveaux Cahiers, no. 6, Sept. 1966.
“Tradition and Invention in Judeo-Spanish Poetry,” ibid., 1968.
“The Question of Surrealist Theatre, or Theatre in Question,” Europe, Dec. 1968.
“On the Inversion of Signs in Ubu Enchained,” Études françaises, Montréal, 1972, no. 1.
“The Paradox of Theatre,” ibid., 1973, no. 1.
“A Surrealist Production by Sylvain Itkine,” Revue d’Histoire du théâtre, 1972, no. 1.
“Protest with a Raised Fist, the Dada Manifestos,” Annales de l’Université d’Abidjan, 1973, Series D, vol. V, pp. 347–361.
“At the Sources of the Uncanny,” in: L’Insolite et l’onirisme au théâtre, Klincksieck, 1974, pp. 3–26.
“In Uncovered Words,” Europe, June 1975, pp. 95–112.
Presentation of Unpublished Works by Tzara, ibid., pp. 58–94.
“The Dramaturgy of Alfred Jarry,” L’Information littéraire, 1975, no. 5, pp. 208–212.
“Debris, Collage and Poetic Invention,” Europe, June 1976, pp. 102–114.
“On a Patent Unpublished Work,” ibid., pp. 197–208.
“The Hermit Crab of Modernity,” Cahiers du XXe siècle, no. 5, 1976, pp. 43–68.
“Jarry before Contemporary Criticism,” in: Les Littératures de langues européennes au tournant du siècle, lectures d’aujourd’hui, Series A, notebook II, pp. 65–72.
“Ubu at the TNP,” Revue d’histoire du théâtre, 1977, no. 1, pp. 79–94.
“Of Snouts and Algolism in Jarry,” Romantisme, nos. 17–18, 1977, pp. 185–201.
“Hamlet in the Secret of the Handkerchief of Clouds,” Silex, no. 3, 1977, pp. 185–201.
“Experimental Theatre,” Littérature, no. 30, May 1978, pp. 111–122.
“Poetics of Deconstruction,” Le Siècle éclaté, no. 2, 1978, pp. 117–139.
“The Avant-garde as Generalized Relativity,” Acta universitatis wratislaviensis, no. 462, 1979, pp. 45–47.
“André Breton’s Mad Love,” Club français de la médaille, no. 68, 1980, pp. 58–65.
“Openings,” Mélusine, no. 1, 1980, pp. 9–23.
“Surrealism at the University,” ibid., pp. 283–301 (in collaboration with C. Pouget).
“The Pranking Culture’s Assault on Symbolism,” Europe, nos. 623–24, March–April 1981, pp. 17–33.
“Jarry Performed,” ibid., pp. 145–158.
“Rewriting as Poetics, or The Same and the Other,” Romanic review, vol. LXXII, no. 1, Jan. 1981, pp. 51–65.
“The Romanian Friends of Tristan Tzara,” Manuscriptum (Bucharest), 1981, no. 2, pp. 156–166; no. 3, pp. 131–145; no. 4, pp. 168–182; 1982 no. 1, pp. 160–165; no. 2, pp. 160–166.
“On Surrealist Titles” (in Polish), Pamietnik literacki, Warsaw, 1981, no. 2, pp. 260–277.
“The Metaphysical Brothel, or Picasso’s Theatre,” Esprit, Jan. 1981, no. 1, pp. 76–79.
“Spain at Heart: The 2nd International Writers’ Congress,” Europe, no. 637, May 1982, pp. 179–199.
“The Flavor of the Real,” Europe, nos. 638–39, June–July 1982, pp. 101–108.
“Shockwaves,” Mélusine, no. 3, 1982, pp. 11–17.
“Jarry Put to the Test,” L’étoile-absinthe, nos. 9–12, 1981, pp. 119–125.
“The Reception of Surrealism: The Practice of a Theory,” Romanica Wratislaviensia, XX, 1983, pp. 122–137.
“On the Beautiful Page,” Mélusine, no. 4, 1983, pp. 11–13.
“Place-Names: Surrealist Titles,” Mélusine, no. 4, 1983, pp. 77–101.
“Swinging Doors,” Mélusine, no. 4, 1983, pp. 339–341.
“The Freudian and Marxian Vocabulary of Tzara in ‘Grains et Issues’,” Saggi e ricerche di letteratura francese, vol. XXII, Rome, Bulzoni, 1983, pp. 9–27.
“Word Battles,” Mélusine, no. 5, 1983, pp. 11–17 (with P. Mourier).
“The Freudian and Marxian Vocabulary…,” Mélusine, no. 5, 1983, pp. 101–114.
“Tristan Tzara, Beacon of the Romanian Avant-Garde,” Revue de littérature comparée, 58th year, no. 1, Jan.–March 1984, pp. 89–104.
“Jarry, the Almanac and the Oral River,” L’Etoile-absinthe, nos. 19–20, Oct. 1984, pp. 31–39.
“Jarry, Rousseau and the Popular,” in: Le Douanier Rousseau, exhibition catalogue, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, 1984, pp. 25–29.
“A Happy Misunderstanding: Raymond Roussel and the Surrealists,” Mélusine, no. 6, 1984, pp. 41–59.
“Jarry and Popular Imagery,” L’Esprit créateur, vol. XXIV, no. 4, Winter 1984, pp. 36–47.
“Inquisitions: Surrealism, Poetry and Current Events,” in: Des années trente, CNRS Editions, 1985, pp. 225–236.
“The Writing of Dreams in Les Jours et les nuits,” in: Alfred Jarry, Cerisy conference, Paris, Belfond, 1985, pp. 137–153.
“The Wind of Memory and the Future,” Mélusine, no. 7, 1985, pp. 9–16 (with P. Mourier).
“Opening Address,” in: Educational Stakes – Social Stakes, Paris, Ed. du Seuil, 1985, pp. 13–15.
“Hermeticism, Pataphysics, Surrealism,” Proceedings of the Xth Congress of the International Comparative Literature Association (New York, 1982) vol. II, Comparative poetics, Garland Publishing Inc. New York, 1985, pp. 495–504.
“The Turn of Dreams,” Europe, no. 683, March 1986, pp. 3–11.
“Departures,” preface to: Michel Carassou: Jacques Vaché et le groupe de Nantes, J.-M. Place Editions, 1986, pp. 7–16, “Bibliothèque Mélusine”.
“Set Theory,” L’Etoile-absinthe, nos. 25–28, 1985, pp. 5–8 (with Brunella Eruli).
“The Freudian and Marxian Vocabulary…,” Le Siècle éclaté, no. 3, 1985, pp. 85–101.
“The Absolute Symbolism of Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes,” in: Dramaturgies – Dramatic Languages, Mélanges for Jacques Scherer, Paris, Nizet, 1986, pp. 37–47.
“A Project for a Literary History Database,” in: Méthodes quantitatives et informatiques dans l’étude des textes, Geneva, Slatkine; Paris, Champion, 1986, pp. 43–54.
“The Absolute Symbolism of Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes,” Les Mots, la vie, nos. 3–4, 1986, Proceedings of the international G. Ribemont-Dessaignes colloquium, 1984, Nice, pp. 157–176.
“Opening Remarks,” Contrastes, special issue, vol. 2, 1986, pp. 17–21, Proceedings of the international colloquium “Humor and Translation”, Paris, December 13–14, 1985.
“Romanians in Paris,” in: Présence de la Roumanie en France et en Italie, Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle, 1986, pp. 5–6.
“The Presence and Role of Romanian Writers of the French Language,” ibid., pp. 11–23.
“The Awkward Age,” Mélusine, no. 8, 1986, pp. 9–15 (with P. Mourier).