The Writing of the Disaster

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
Cover of the book The Writing of the Disaster by Maurice Blanchot, UNP - Nebraska
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Maurice Blanchot ISBN: 9780803277472
Publisher: UNP - Nebraska Publication: November 1, 2015
Imprint: University of Nebraska Press Language: English
Author: Maurice Blanchot
ISBN: 9780803277472
Publisher: UNP - Nebraska
Publication: November 1, 2015
Imprint: University of Nebraska Press
Language: English

Modern history is haunted by the disasters of the century—world wars, concentration camps, Hiroshima, and the Holocaust—grief, anger, terror, and loss beyond words, but still close, still impending. How can we write or think about disaster when by its very nature it defies speech and compels silence, burns books and shatters meaning?

 

The Writing of the Disaster reflects upon efforts to abide in disaster’s infinite threat. First published in French in 1980, it takes up the most serious tasks of writing: to describe, explain, and redeem when possible, and to admit what is not possible. Neither offers consolation.

 

Maurice Blanchot has been praised on both sides of the Atlantic for his fiction and criticism. The philosopher Emmanuel Levinas once remarked that Blanchot's writing is a "language of pure transcendence, without correlative." Literary theorist and critic Geoffrey Hartman remarked that Blanchot's influence on contemporary writers "cannot be overestimated."

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Modern history is haunted by the disasters of the century—world wars, concentration camps, Hiroshima, and the Holocaust—grief, anger, terror, and loss beyond words, but still close, still impending. How can we write or think about disaster when by its very nature it defies speech and compels silence, burns books and shatters meaning?

 

The Writing of the Disaster reflects upon efforts to abide in disaster’s infinite threat. First published in French in 1980, it takes up the most serious tasks of writing: to describe, explain, and redeem when possible, and to admit what is not possible. Neither offers consolation.

 

Maurice Blanchot has been praised on both sides of the Atlantic for his fiction and criticism. The philosopher Emmanuel Levinas once remarked that Blanchot's writing is a "language of pure transcendence, without correlative." Literary theorist and critic Geoffrey Hartman remarked that Blanchot's influence on contemporary writers "cannot be overestimated."

More books from UNP - Nebraska

Cover of the book Bent's Fort by Maurice Blanchot
Cover of the book Benjamin Franklin and the American Revolution by Maurice Blanchot
Cover of the book The Case of Rose Bird by Maurice Blanchot
Cover of the book The Rustler by Maurice Blanchot
Cover of the book The Turtle's Beating Heart by Maurice Blanchot
Cover of the book Cheyenne Autumn by Maurice Blanchot
Cover of the book My People the Sioux by Maurice Blanchot
Cover of the book The Horse Lover by Maurice Blanchot
Cover of the book You Will Never See Any God by Maurice Blanchot
Cover of the book Streak by Maurice Blanchot
Cover of the book Frontier Regulars by Maurice Blanchot
Cover of the book Jedediah Smith and the Opening of the West by Maurice Blanchot
Cover of the book A Sandhills Ballad by Maurice Blanchot
Cover of the book Michael and the Whiz Kids by Maurice Blanchot
Cover of the book The Floor of the Sky by Maurice Blanchot
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy