GIDE, ANDRE

Additional reading Arnold Naville, Bibliographie des crits de Andr Gide (1949, reprinted 1971), lists Gide's published writings. Catharine Savage Brosman, An Annotated Bibliography of Criticism on Andr Gide, 19731988 (1990), compiles both texts by Gide and criticisms of Gide's work written in English and other major European languages that have appeared since 1973.Biographies in French include Claude Jacques Mahias, La Vie d'Andr Gide (1955), a pictorial work; Jean Lambert, Gide familier (1958), a study of Gide in his old age by his son-in-law; and Pierre de Boisdeffre, Vie d'Andr Gide, 18691951, 2 vol. (197071), a full-scale account. Jean Delay, La Jeunesse d'Andr Gide, 2 vol. (195667), also available in an abridged translation by June Guicharnaud, The Youth of Andr Gide (1963), presents a sound, important psychoanalytical study. George D. Painter, Andr Gide: A Critical Biography (1968), provides a good introduction to Gide's life and work. Jean Schlumberger, Madeleine and Andr Gide, trans. by Richard H. Akeroyd (1980; originally published in French, 1956), covers Gide's marriage. Thomas Cordle, Andr Gide, updated ed. (1993), illuminates Gide's personal life.Critical studies in English include Justin O'Brien, Portrait of Andr Gide (1953, reprinted 1977); Enid Starkie, Andr Gide (1953), a sympathetic brief guide based on a long friendship with Gide; Germaine Bre, Gide (1963, reprinted 1985, originally published in French, 1953); Wallace Fowlie, Andr Gide: His Life and Art (1965), an interesting account of the development of Gide's thought; Albert J. Gurard, Andr Gide, 2nd ed. (1969), by a specialist on Gide; G.W. Ireland, Andr Gide: A Study of His Creative Writings (1970), a discussion of his novels; Patrick Pollard, Andr Gide: Homosexual Moralist (1991), researching Gide's sources of sexual themes; and Michael Lucey, Gide's Bent: Sexuality, Politics, Writing (1995), on sexual themes. Major Works: Collections: Oeuvres compltes, 15 vol. (193239; index, 1954), still awaiting completion but including items unpublished elsewhere; Romans, rcits et soties, oeuvres lyriques (1958), collected fiction, with commentary and textual notes; Thtre (1947; My Theater, 1951); The Andr Gide Reader (1971).Verse and prose poetry: Les Cahiers d'Andr Walter (1891; The Notebooks of Andr Walter, 1968); Le Trait du Narcisse (1891; Narcissus, in The Return of the Prodigal, 1953); Les Posies d'Andr Walter (1892); La Tentative amoureuse (1893; The Lovers' Attempt, in The Return of the Prodigal, 1953); Le Voyage d'Urien (1893; Urien's Voyage, 1964); Les Nourritures terrestres (1897; Fruits of the Earth, 1949); El Hadj (1899; Eng. trans. in The Return of the Prodigal, 1953); Amyntas (1906; Eng. trans. 1958); Le Retour de l'enfant prodigue (1907; The Return of the Prodigal, 1953); Les Nouvelles Nourritures (1935; New Fruits of the Earth, 1949).Stories, satires, and fables: Paludes (1895; Marshlands, 1953); Le Promthe mal enchan (1899; Prometheus Misbound, 1953); L'Immoraliste (1902; The Immoralist, 1930); La Porte troite (1909; Strait Is the Gate, 1924); Isabelle (1911; Eng. trans. in Two Symphonies, 1931); Les Caves du Vatican (1914; The Vatican Swindle, 1925; Lafcadio's Adventures, 1927); La Symphonie pastorale (1919; The Pastoral Symphony, in Two Symphonies, 1931); L'cole des femmes (1929; The School for Wives, 1950); Robert (1929; Robert, in The School for Wives, 1950); Genevive (1936; Genevive; or the Unfinished Confidence, in The School for Wives, 1950); Thse (1946; Theseus, in Two Legends: Oedipus and Theseus, 1950).Novel: Les Faux-Monnayeurs (1926; The Counterfeiters, 1927; also as The Coiners).Drama: Philoctte (1899; Philoctetes, in The Return of the Prodigal, 1953); Le Roi Candaule (1901; King Candaules, in My Theater, 1951); Sal (1903; Eng. trans. in The Return of the Prodigal, 1953); Bethsab (1912; Bathsheba, in The Return of the Prodigal, 1953); Oedipe (1931; Oedipus, in Two Legends: Oedipus and Theseus, 1950); Persphone (1934; Eng. trans. in My Theater, 1951); Le Treizime arbre (1935); Robert, ou l'intrt gnral (1944-45); Le Retour (1946); Les Caves du Vatican (1950).Criticism: Prtextes (1903; Pretexts, 1959); Nouveaux prtextes (1911); Dostoevsky (1923; Eng. trans. 1925); Incidences (1924); Le Journal des Faux-Monnayeurs (1926; The Logbook of the Coiners, 1952); Essai sur Montaigne (1929; Montaigne, 1929); Divers (1931); Interviews imaginaires (1943; Imaginary Interviews, 1944); Attendu que . . . (1943); L'Enseignement de Poussin (1945; Poussin, 1947); Potique (1947); Prfaces (1948); Rencontres (1948); loges (1948); Notes sur Chopin (1948; Notes on Chopin, 1949).Travel: Voyage au Congo (1927), and Le Retour du Tchad (1928; Travels in the Congo, 1929); Dindiki (1927); Retour de l'U.R.S.S. (1936; Return from the U.S.S.R., 1937); Retouches mon retour de l'U.R.S.S. (1937; Afterthoughts on the U.S.S.R., 1937).Journal: Journal, 18891939 (1939); Journal, 193949 (1954), including most other autobiographical works; Journals of Andr Gide, 4 vol. (194751).