Blanchot, extreme contemporary / Leslie Hill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hill, Leslie, 1949-

Hill L Staff, Corporate Author.

Series:

Warwick studies in European philosophy.

Warwick studies in European philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Blanchot, Maurice--Criticism and interpretation.

Blanchot, Maurice.

Physical Description:

xii, 302 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Blanchot

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Blanchot provides a compelling insight into one of the key figures in the development of postmodern thought. Although Blanchot's work is characterised by a fragmentary and complex style, Leslie Hill introduces clearly and accessibly the key themes in his work. He shows how Blanchot questions the very existence of philosophy and literature and how we may distinguish between them, stresses the importance of his political writings and the relationship between writing and history that characterised Blanchot's later work; and considers the relationship between Blanchot and key figures such as Emmanuel Levinas and Georges Bataille and how this impacted on his work. Placing Blanchot at the centre stage of writing in the twentieth century, Blanchot also sheds new light on Blanchot's political activities before and after the Second World War. This accessible introduction to Blanchot's thought also includes one of the most comprehensive bibliographies of his writings of the last twenty years.

Contents:

chapter 1 An intellectual itinerary

chapter 2 The (im)possibility of literature

chapter 3 Writing the neuter

chapter 4 The absence of the book

chapter 5 Extreme contemporary

chapter Notes

chapter Texts by Blanchot

chapter Articles, journalism, uncollected texts

chapter Works in English translation.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-298) and index.

ISBN:

0-87413-946-5

1-134-87377-8

1-134-87378-6

1-280-18233-4

0-203-30539-6

0-203-00475-2

9780203004753

OCLC:

50758933