Pascal-Henri Poiget
Passionate about music, literature and cinema, he devotes himself to writing alongside his professional life, where he has co-authored three management books.
At AlterPublishing, he has published *The Game of Marienbad* (Novel 2012), *Debussy, Musician of Poets* (Essay 2013), *Chateaubriand, a Lover of Women* (Essay 2013), *A Manipulator's Love* (Novel 2016), *The Choice to Wait* (Songs 2018), *The Surprise of the Gifted* (Novel 2019), *The Last on the List * (Thriller 2023), *The Dream of Joan of Arc* (Multimedia Theater 2024), *The Detours of Competitions * (Short Stories and Pantoons 2024), *The Mirror of Words * (Thriller 2025), *The Prophecies of Nostradamus* (modernized French version 2015, English version 2020, analytical study 2025, reading guide 2026), and *The Writing of Independence: George Sand and the Invention of Freedom* editorial (Essay 2026).
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Pascal-Henri Poiget - The Writing of Independence
Writing about independence: George Sand and the invention of editorial freedom
Write to live. Negotiate to last. Publish to remain free.
We know George Sand as a novelist, a major figure of the 19th century, committed and free. We sometimes forget that she was also one of the first women to make writing a profession in its own right, aware of the economic, editorial and symbolic constraints of her time.
Entering literature out of necessity, George Sand understood very early on that intellectual freedom is not proclaimed: it is built. In the choice of a name, the relationship with publishers, the use of the press and the attention paid to the material conditions of creation, she invented a new way of being a writer.
Drawing on her correspondence and autobiographical writings, this essay offers an original reading of her work: not a biography, but a journey through the profession of writer in the 19th century, through the portrait of an author who knew how to inhabit the world of books without ever dissolving into it.Edition provided by Friends of Nohant.