Into Disaster: Chronicles of Intellectual Life, 1941

by Maurice Blanchot

Book Overview

The German occupation of France put an end to Maurice Blanchot's career as a political journalist. In April 1941, he began to publish a weekly column of literary criticism in the Journal des D bats, which became the source for his first critical work, Faux pas (1943). As well as providing a unique perspective on cultural life during the occupation, these pieces offer crucial insights into the mind and art of a writer who was to become one of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823250970
• ISBN13: 9780823250974
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"