Sachgebiete

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141 S.; 20 cm; kart.

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Gutes Ex.; Einband geringfügig berieben. - Englisch. // INHALT : Introduction -- I. Blanchot at Combat: Of Literature and Terror -- II. The Suture of an Allusion: Lacan with Leon Bloy -- III. A Future for Andromaque: Aryan and Jew in Giraudoux's France -- IV. "Jewish Literature" and the Art of Andre Gide -- Conclusion -- Appendix I -- Appendix II -- Notes -- Index of Names. // These four essays-on Blanchot, Lacan, Giraudoux, and Gide- have as their focus the barely imaginable coherence which the writings of four major contemporaries take on when read in the light of France's pre-World War II heritage of anti-Jewish thought. As the essays delve into such crucial topics as the inaugural silence in Blanchot's sense of literature, the "style" of Lacan, Giraudoux's relation to Racine, and the sexual politics of Gide, they engage a realm that at times seems - or seemed - anti-Semitic in its essence. Negotiating the complex ramifications of a lost tradition and the structure of its obliteration, Jeffrey Mehlman, in his conclusion, speculates on the emblematic value of Walter Benjamin's perpetually deferred "journey to Palestine via France" and its import for textual interpretation. A French version of Mehlman's essay on Blanchot, published in Tel quel, spurred an impassioned journalistic debate in Paris and London. Broadening still further the context of that inquiry, Legacies will prove a source of provocation and insight to all who are interested in the intellectual history of contemporary France. "A very significant statement concerning French culture, anti-Semitism in France, and writing itself. ... This book could prove disturbing to many, and that is all to the good." - Leon S. Roudiez, Columbia University. - "A chain of fascinating details, striking quotations, and insightful remarks follows at a breathtaking pace.... A significant and original contribution to a dramatically important question."- Denis Hollier, University of California at Berkeley. (Verlagstext) ISBN 0816611785