A PARENTHETICAL SYSTEM of notation will be used throughout the text for reference to Charles Mauron's critical writings. The purpose of this device is to reduce the number of endnotes required, and to give the reader the necessary historical sense of the date of composition.

Immediately following the quotation or mention in the text, this information will appear in parentheses: date of publication of edition used, (in brackets) original date of publication or of composition (in the case of available manuscripts), and page number. In the case of unpublished typescripts, the date of composition is provided, and the page number. All of the typescripts cited herein are in the possession of Mme Alice Mauron.

Mauron's many works on the literary and linguistic issues of his native Provence do not appear in this listing, unless directly concerned with the problems studied.