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Maurice Blanchot /

Without Maurice Blanchot, literary theory as we know it today would have been unthinkable. Jacques Derrida, Paul de Man, Michel Foucault, Roland Barthes, Gilles Deleuze: all are key theorists crucially influenced by Blanchot's work.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Haase, Ullrich M., 1962-
Other Authors: Large, William, 1963-
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2001.
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Online Access:http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0609/00062808.html
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0650/00062808-d.html
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1113/00062808-b.html
Table of Contents:
  • Preliminaries; CONTENTS; Series editor's preface; WHY BLANCHOT?; KEY IDEAS; 1 What is literature?; 2 Language and literature; 3 Death and philosophy; 4 Death: from philosophy to literature; 5 Literature and ethics: the impact of Levinas; 6 Blanchot as nationalist: the pre-war writings; 7 Ethics and politics; 8 The literary community; AFTER BLANCHOT; FURTHER READING; Index.