Death and the labyrinth : the world of Raymond Roussel / / Michel Foucault ; translated from the French by Charles Ruas ; with an introduction by James Faubion ; and a postcript by John Ashbery

• Autore: Foucault Michel <1926-1984, >
• Pubblicazione: London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Continuum, , 2004; ©2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Disciplina: 848/.91209
• Persona (resp. second.): RuasCharles; FaubionJames; AshberyJohn
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; General Introduction; Chronology of Foucault's Life and Work; Translator's Acknowledgements; 1. The Threshold and the Key; 2. The Cushions of the Billiard Table; 3. Rhyme and Reason; 4. Dawns, Mine, Crystal; 5. The Metamorphosis and the Labyrinth; 6. The Surface of Things; 7. The Empty Lens; 8. The Enclosed Sun; 9. An Interview with Michel Foucault; Postscript: On Raymond Roussel; Bibliography of Primary and Secondary Works; Selected Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Death and the Labyrinth is unique, being Foucault's only work on literature. For Foucault this was by far the book I wrote most easily and with the greatest pleasure. Here, Foucault explores theory, criticism and psychology through the texts of Raymond Roussel, one of the fathers of experimental writing, whose work has been celebrated by the likes of Cocteau, Duchamp, Breton, Robbe Grillet, Gide and Giacometti. This revised edition includes an introduction, chronology and bibliography to Foucault's work by James Faubion, an interview with Foucault, conducted only nine months before his death,
• Titolo autorizzato: Death and the labyrinth
• ISBN: 1-283-20711-7; 9786613207111; 1-4411-7536-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823253203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Continuum Collection