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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788211603321

Autore

Fynsk Christopher <1952->

Titolo

Last steps [[electronic resource] ] : Maurice Blanchot's exilic writing / / Christopher Fynsk

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Fordham University Press, 2013

ISBN

0-8232-5103-9

0-8232-5281-7

0-8232-5104-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (311 p.)

Disciplina

848/.91207

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Sabbatical acquiescence -- pt. 2. Refusal/affirmation -- pt. 3. The exilic step.

Sommario/riassunto

Fynsk provides close readings of a number of Maurice Blanchot's important post-war writings. It offers the most sustained reading of 'The Step Not Beyond' available, and includes chapters on Levinas and Blanchot's relation to Judaism. It attempts a form of reading that is responsive to the exorbitant challenge presented by the work of one of the most important writers and thinkers of the 20th century. It seeks to trace the possibility and lineaments of an affirmative turn that proceeds from a most trenchant refusal.