contents
vol 4, issue 1, fall 2005

ISSN 1551-4730
Editor: Scott Sprenger


articles
Femme africaine: quand la lumière jaillit de l'ombre
Aminata Sow Fall
Bataille and the Suspension of Being
Nidesh Lawtoo
J.-P. Melville's Quest for the Absolute: Persistent Perfectionism
and Realistic Obsession in his "Last" Films
Bob Hudson
La "Nymphe Europe" ou Contre Sainte-Modèle
Monica Spiridon
interview
Interview avec Cheikh Hamidou Kane
by Chantal Thompson et Sani Adamou

reviews
Milan Kundera's Le Rideau
by Trevor Cribben-Merrill
Dominic Thomas' Nation-Building, Propaganda and Literature in
Francophone Africa
by Yann Petit
Antonia Fonyi's edition of Littératures, 51: Mérimée
by Corry Cropper
Antoine Compagnon's Baudelaire devant l'innombrable
by Bob Hudson