Lautréamont and Sade

by Maurice Blanchot

Book Overview

In Lautr amont and Sade, originally published in 1949, Maurice Blanchot forcefully distinguishes his critical project from the major intellectual currents of his day, surrealism and existentialism. Today, Lautr amont and Sade, these unique figures in the histories of literature and thought, are as crucially relevant to theorists of language, reason, and cruelty as they were in post-war Paris.

"Sade's Reason," in part a review of Pierre...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804750351
• ISBN13: 9780804750356
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.3" x 8.4"