''L'Esprit Créateur'' is a quarterly

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established in 1961 and published by the

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. The journal is dedicated to the study of French and

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, and the

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and

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surrounding them. Each issue focuses on a specific theme or critical issue and includes reviews and illustrations. The journal's founding editor was John Erickson. The current

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are Mária Minich Brewer and Daniel Brewer (Department of French and Italian,

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External links

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''L’Esprit Créateur'' on the Johns Hopkins University Press website

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