Passion and Excess: Blanchot, Bataille, and Literary Theory

by Steven Shaviro

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813009774
• ISBN13: 9780813009773
• Release Date: May 1990
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.