Feuillets d’Hypnos

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Feuillets d’Hypnos is a collection of poetic and fragmentary reflections written by French poet René Char, drawn from his experiences in the French Resistance during World War II.

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instanceOf French-language book
literary work
poetry collection
associatedWith Maquis of Provence NERFINISHED
code name Hypnos
author René Char NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin France
describes clandestine life of the maquis
moral dilemmas of resistance fighters
form fragmentary reflections
genre aphorisms
poetry
war literature
hasForm numbered fragments
hasInfluenceOn postwar French poetry
resistance literature
hasLiteraryMovement French Resistance literature NERFINISHED
Surrealism NERFINISHED
hasNarrativePerspective first-person reflections
hasReception considered a major work of French Resistance literature
hasStyle elliptical prose-poetry
hasTheme freedom
memory
poetry and action
silence and secrecy
solidarity
violence and dignity
inspiredBy René Char’s experience in the French Resistance
language French
literaryPeriod 20th-century French literature
mainSubject French Resistance NERFINISHED
World War II
ethics of resistance
poetic reflection
notableFor blend of poetic language and resistance testimony
concise, aphoristic style
numberOfFragments 237
originalMedium print
partOf René Char’s wartime writings
publicationDate 1946
publisher Éditions Gallimard NERFINISHED
relatedWork Fureur et mystère
setting occupied France
timeOfWriting 1943–1944
titleLanguage French
titleTranslation Leaves of Hypnos NERFINISHED
writtenDuring German occupation of France NERFINISHED

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René Char notableWork Feuillets d’Hypnos