EDITING "THE COMPLETE CORRESPONDENCE" OF OCTAVE MIRBEAU
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https://doi.org/10.26485/PP/2025/80/4Keywords:
Mirbeau; Monet; correspondence; edition; research; datingAbstract
Editing Octave Mirbeau’s complete correspondence is a long-term project that begun in 1967 and, as of 2023, has not yet been completely finished. Drawing on his experience as an academic editor, Pierre Michel examines different stages of his work as a researcher, highlighting the challenges faced in collecting and dating the letters. He outlines his editorial principles and underscores the significance of such an edition, not only for understanding the writer, his personality, and his career, but also the intellectual history of modern France.
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Pierre Michel, Jean-François Nivet. 1991. Octave Mirbeau, l’imprécateur au coeur fidèle, biographie. Paris: Librairie Séguier.
Pierre Michel. « L’édition de la Correspondance générale d’Octave Mirbeau », octobre 2003, site Internet des Amis d’Octave Mirbeau, https://mirbeau.asso.fr/correspondance.htm
Pierre Michel, Yannick Lemarié. 2011. Dictionnaire Octave Mirbeau. Lausanne: L’Âge d’Homme.
Pierre Michel. 2012. « Autour des lettres de Mirbeau à Claude Monet », Actes du colloque Impressionnisme et littérature, Presses des universités de Rouen et du Havre. Pp. 95–103.
Pierre Michel. 2015. « La correspondance d’Octave Mirbeau », L’Épistolaire, n° 41. Pp. 289–298.
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