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Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense (Paris 10), fellow of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, honorary member of the Institut universitaire de France, works on the history of critical critical discourse, aesthetic theories and the idea of literature since Antiquity.
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Words and emotions
Literature is the most democratic art
- By William Marx,
- Interview by Benoît Hervieu-Léger
- and Martin Monti-Lalaubie
In Projet (2025/1 n° 404)
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Pope Francis and literature
- An interview with William Marx,
- conducted by Nathalie Sarthou-Lajus,
- François Euvé
In Études (2024/11 November)
Comparativism and nationalism after the First World War
- By William Marx
In Revue de littérature comparée (2021/1 No 377)
Valery, Flaubert, and the Walking Birds
The Genealogy of an Image
- By William Marx
In Revue d’histoire littéraire de la France (2003/4 Vol. 103)
Literature is the most democratic art
- By William Marx,
- Interview by Benoît Hervieu-Léger
- and Martin Monti-Lalaubie
In Projet (2025/1 n° 404)
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Pourquoi la littérature comparée
- By William Marx
Words and emotions
Literature is the most democratic art
- By William Marx,
- Interview by Benoît Hervieu-Léger
- and Martin Monti-Lalaubie
In Projet (2025/1 n° 404)
Pope Francis and literature
- An interview with William Marx,
- conducted by Nathalie Sarthou-Lajus,
- François Euvé
In Études (2024/11 November)
Comparativism and nationalism after the First World War
In Revue de littérature comparée (2021/1 No 377)
Valery, Flaubert, and the Walking Birds
The Genealogy of an Image
In Revue d’histoire littéraire de la France (2003/4 Vol. 103)