|
Genealogies of the Text: Literature, Psychoanalysis, and Politics in Modern France
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
Genealogies of the Text: Literature, Psychoanalysis, and Politics in Modern France
|
Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Jeffrey Mehlman
|
Series | Cambridge Studies in French |
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:276 | Dimensions(mm): Height 215,Width 137 |
|
Category/Genre | Literary studies - from c 1900 - |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780521032353
|
Classifications | Dewey:840.9 |
---|
Audience | Professional & Vocational | |
Illustrations |
Worked examples or Exercises
|
|
Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
|
Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
|
Publication Date |
23 November 2006 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
|
Description
In this 1995 book, which includes a substantial introduction, Jeffrey Mehlman confronts the politically devastating resonances in the work of several leading French writers. The essays focus on the series of enigmas surrounding the 'Blanchot affair' - a scandal provoked by Mehlman's revelation in 1977 that Maurice Blanchot, one of the tutelary figures of contemporary French thought, had in the 1930s been a prominent fascist journalist. Mehlman takes the issue of Blanchot's forgotten political essays deep into the most revered - and misunderstood - of his novels, L'Arret de mort. Using this affair as a point of departure, Mehlman sheds light on the question of the usability of psychoanalysis for literary readings (examining, for example, Baudelaire, Mallarme and Valery); he also investigates the ideological and political connotations of similar literary and theoretical material. The volume as a whole provides a consistently provocative meditation on literature, ethics, and the experience of the French in World War II.
Reviews'... heuristic value of Mehlman's approach is undeniable ...' Contemporary European History
|