Blanchot, Maurice

Death Now

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ISBN 13:
9780823281794
author:
Blanchot, Maurice
format:
Paperback
publisher:
Fordham University Press
language:
English
Publication Year:
2018
Pages:
176
Dimensions:
22.86 x 15.24 x 1.02 centimetres
Genre:
History, Modern, 20th Century,
Condition:
New
Availability:
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£24.46

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Death Now: Chronicles of Intellectual Life, 1944 by Maurice Blanchot In the final months of German occupation and Vichy government in France, literary and intellectual activity began to flourish once more. This collection of essays, written by one of the twentieth century's major writers, offers a unique snapshot of the complex currents of thought during this period. Blanchot's position within this new landscape is complex, as he navigates his allegiance to literature amidst the emerging post-war world. He finds himself drawn to silence as a response to the ruin that has befallen the world, and in doing so, embarks on an intense search for a language commensurate with the circumstances of his time. Through this work, Blanchot grapples with the relationship between politics and literature, and the limitations of language in expressing the abyss of the present.

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