Jack-Alain Léger and Philippe Sollers: Parallels in Literary Warfare

An insightful piece in an art publication draws connections between authors Philippe Sollers and Jack-Alain Léger, particularly examining Léger's "Hé bien ! la guerre" alongside Sollers's "Une vie divine." Both writers are depicted as confronting an antagonistic literary establishment and a media elite, sharing a contempt for nihilism and a deep respect for iconic figures such as Dante, Shakespeare, Hölderlin, Rimbaud, Nietzsche, Proust, Mozart, Titian, Tiepolo, and Tintoret. The essay points to their mutual identification of a cultural transformation beginning in 1793 during the Terror. Léger's narrative is described as a twofold struggle: against literary adversaries and personal despair, which led him to halt his novels mid-composition. The critique denounces a critic known as "Angèle" for attacking various authors, including Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Roth, and others. It concludes by affirming Léger's resilience, likening him to Nietzsche and Mozart.