William Holdheim, Theory and Practice of the Novel (1968).Pierre Masson (ed.), Dictionnaire Gide (2011).Patrick Pollard, André Gide: Homosexual Moralist (1991).Alain Goulet, Fiction et vie sociale dans l’œuvre d’André Gide (1985) André Gide, écrire pour vivre (2002).

Germaine Brée, André Gide: l’insaisissable Protée (1953).Jean Delay, La Jeunesse d’André Gide (1956–57).Eric Deschodt, Gide, le ‘contemporain capital’ (1991).Alan Sheridan, André Gide: A Life in the Present (1998).But some very good new work continues to be produced. This is just a selection, focusing more on the older works of criticism, which remain very useful and influential. Miscellaneous: Les Nourritures terrestres, Corydon, Journal des Faux-monnayeurs (Gide’s diary of writing Les Faux-monnayeurs), parts of the Journal. You need to know these texts very well, but you should also read a Texts prescribed for commentaries for Paper XI are: L’Immoraliste, In the lectures, references will be made toĬontain very useful notes and bibliographic information. Of Gide’s works have been published in a series of excellentĬritical editions in Gallimard’s Bibliothèqueĭe la Pléiade series. This includes some general guidance on approaching Gide’s work, a small selection of critical works on Gide, a summary of the content of the lectures, and a list of important dates. I have provided here, with some adaptation, the information that I originally gave to students on handouts at the lectures. I have tried to demonstrate how these relate to such major works as L’Immoraliste (1902) or Les Faux-monnayeurs (1925). One of my main aims in these lectures is to direct readers towards some of Gide’s shorter works, which are now less widely read, but are arguably some of his most fascinating. OverviewĪlthough the lectures are adapted to the specific needs of students at Oxford University, they provide a broad overview of Gide’s career, a discussion of some of the major themes and problems of his work, and a detailed discussion of extracts from some of his most widely read works. This lecture series was previously delivered by Professor Toby Garfitt of Magdalen College, until his retirement as a college tutor, and the text of my lectures owes a considerable debt to his work. I have made them available here in the hope that they will continue to be of use to more students and readers. I delivered the lectures at Oxford University in 20, mainly for undergraduate students studying French literature in the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages. This is a series of four lectures on the works and career of the author André Gide (1869–1951).

Les Faux-monnayeurs by André Gide