Passion and Excess: Blanchot, Bataille, and Literary Theory by Steven Shaviro

Passion and Excess: Blanchot, Bataille, and Literary Theory

Steven Shaviro

200 pages first pub 1990 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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Explores the ways in which Blanchot and Bataille have influenced post-structuralist and deconstructionist critics. The book suggests that a critic should be a ventriloquist, taking his cues from the author's words.

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