In His Voice: Maurice Blanchot's Affair with the Neuter

by David Appelbaum

In His Voice considers the idea of the neuter in Maurice Blanchot's work, and seeks to work out through an exercise of literary impersonation, or ventriloquism, how and why Blanchot relied on this form. Neither active nor passive, the neuter expresses a kind of third voice beyond the command of the author, one that speaks paradoxically of what lies outside of speaking but nonetheless exerts an irrepressible influence on thought. The neuter...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1438459793
• ISBN13: 9781438459790
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"