Nicholas Manning

Nicholas Manning is Associate Professor (Maître de conférences) in American Literature at the Sorbonne. Residing in Paris, he is a graduate of the École normale supérieure (Ulm), and holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Strasbourg.

The founding editor of The Continental Review, he is the author of the poetry collections "Novaless. Elements Towards a Metaphysic", and "Homo Sentimentalis. A Guide In Verse To Modern Emotional Intimacy", both from Otoliths Books.

His study of sincerity in modern poetics, entitled "Rhétorique de la sincérité. La poésie moderne en quête d'un langage vrai", was published by Honoré Champion, Paris. He is also the author, with Clément Oudart, of "Signs of Eternity: H.D.'s Trilogy", from Fahrenheit Books.