The Space of Literature - A Translation of "L'Espace littéraire" (Paperback, New Ed)

Maurice Blanchot, the eminent literary and cultural critic, has had a vast influence on contemporary French writers--among them Jean Paul Sartre and Jacques Derrida. From the 1930s through the present day, his writings have been shaping the international literary consciousness.

"The Space of Literature," first published in France in 1955, is central to the development of Blanchot's thought. In it he reflects on literature and the unique demand it makes upon our attention. Thus he explores the process of reading as well as the nature of artistic creativity, all the while considering the relation of the literary work to time, to history, and to death. This book consists not so much in the application of a critical method or the demonstration of a theory of literature as in a patiently deliberate meditation upon the literary experience, informed most notably by studies of Mallarme, Kafka, Rilke, and Holderlin. Blanchot's discussions of those writers are among the finest in any language.

General

Imprint:	University of Nebraska Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 1989
First published:	December 1989
Authors:	Maurice Blanchot
Translators:	Ann Smock
Introduction by:	Ann Smock
Dimensions:	230 x 152 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	279
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-8032-6092-4
Categories:	Books
LSN:	0-8032-6092-X
Barcode:	9780803260924

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