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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803222386
• ISBN13: 9780803222380
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"