Maurice Blanchot and the Literature of Transgression

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In this book, the first in English devoted exclusively to Maurice Blanchot, John Gregg examines the problematic interaction between the two forms of discourse, critical and fictional, that comprise this writer's hybrid oeuvre. The result is a lucid introduction to the thought of one of the most...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gregg, John
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2001.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Blanchot, Maurice.
Blanchot, Maurice > Criticism and interpretation.
Dissenters in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > French.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:In this book, the first in English devoted exclusively to Maurice Blanchot, John Gregg examines the problematic interaction between the two forms of discourse, critical and fictional, that comprise this writer's hybrid oeuvre. The result is a lucid introduction to the thought of one of the most important figures on the French intellectual scene of the past half-century. Gregg organizes his discussion around the notion of transgression, which Blanchot himself took over from Georges Bataille--most palpably in his interpretation of the myth of Orpheus--as a paradigm capable of accounting for the r.
Physical Description:1 online resource (256 pages).
ISBN:9781400821273

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