What Is There to Say?

by Ann Smock

Book Overview

Herman Melville's Bartleby, asked to account for himself, "would prefer not to." Tongue-tied Billy Budd, urged to defend his innocence, responds with a murderous blow. The Bavard , by Louis-Ren des For ts, concerns a man whose power to speak is replaced by an inability to shut up. In these and other literary examples a call for speech throws the possibility of speaking into doubt. What Is There to Say? uses the ideas of Maurice Blanchot to clarify...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803242980
• ISBN13: 9780803242982
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 8.4"