Few terms have been more prone and
resistant to definition than the literary and the real. Bringing
them together, under the contrivance of the Literary Real, sheds new
light on the understanding of the terms real, being, existence,
the literary, literature and writing and alters our
thinking on them. By means of Bataille's exposure to the violent disorder of
life, and Blanchot's passionate meditation on literature and language, A Critical
Encounter addresses two questions that are constantly entwined: first,
what kind of real is involved and disclosed in writing - and how does
this differ from reality in its more traditional sense and from conventional
representations of reality? Second, what is writing's own mode of 'being'? In
what way is it particular and what are the implications of this particularity?
This volume investigates the real effect the existence of literature has on our
lives: how it challenges and reconfigures the way we perceive ourselves, our
place in the world and our relations with others.
| ISBN: | 9780854572823 |
| Publication date: | 22nd December 2022 |
| Author: | Zoe Angeli |
| Publisher: | University of London Press an imprint of Institute of Modern Languages Research |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 200 pages |
| Series: | Imlr Books |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: general |
Few terms have been more prone and
resistant to definition than the literary and the real. Bringing
them together, under the contrivance of the Literary Real, sheds new
light on the understanding of the terms real, being, existence,
the literary, literature and writing and alters our
thinking on them. By means of Bataille's exposure to the violent disorder of
life, and Blanchot's passionate meditation on literature and language, A Critical
Encounter addresses two questions that are constantly entwined: first,
what kind of real is involved and disclosed in writing - and how does
this differ from reality in its more traditional sense and from conventional
representations of reality? Second, what is writing's own mode of 'being'? In
what way is it particular and what are the implications of this particularity?
This volume investigates the real effect the existence of literature has on our
lives: how it challenges and reconfigures the way we perceive ourselves, our
place in the world and our relations with others.
A Critical Encounter features in the following genres: Literary studies: general
A Critical Encounter is available in Paperback
A Critical Encounter was written by Zoe Angeli and published by University of London Press an imprint of Institute of Modern Languages Research
A Critical Encounter has 200 pages
Yes it is part of Imlr Books series