Gaze of Orpheus: And Other Literary Essays

by Maurice Blanchot, Geoffrey H. Hartman, Lydia Davis, et al.

Writing about The Gaze of Orpheus, Geoffrey Hartman suggested that When we come to write the history of criticism for the 1940 to 1980 period, it will be found that Blanchot, together with Sartre, made French 'discourse' possible, both in its relentlessness and its acuity..This selection.is exemplary for its clearly translated and well-chosen excerpts from Blanchot's many influential books. Reading him now, and in this form, I feel once more the excitement...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0930794389
• ISBN13: 9780930794385
• Release Date: June 1995
• Publisher: Station Hill Press
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.6"