As Belgium has become a center and focal point of the resurgent new Europe, the was founded as a special series devoted to the rich and varied literature and cultural life of the French-speaking community in Belgium. The series will publish English translations of important works of Belgian literature, as well as critical studies, principally in French and English, of Belgian literature, culture, and social history.

Le colloque international ‘Autour de Jacqueline Harpman’ qui s’est tenu à l’Université d’Édimbourg, sous l’égide du Centre de Recherches Francophones Belges, a permis de mettre en lumière les nombreux aspects de l’œuvre de cette auteure éminente, par ailleurs psychanalyste. Les contributions des chercheurs européens ou des États-Unis, présents lors de cet événement, sont reproduites dans le présent volume.

is the name of a Belgian Surrealist magazine published in 1924–1925 by Paul Nougé, Camille Goemans, and Marcel Lecomte. It is considered as seminal as Breton’s «Surrealist Manifesto» (1924).

The volume contains twenty-two essays contributed by Belgian, French, and American scholars to honor the memory and work of Adrienne Fontainas (1929-2010). The essays presented here explore a wide variety of interdisciplinary fields including, art history, book collecting publishing, literature, and music.