Scandal and Aftereffect: Blanchot and France Since 1930

by Steven Ungar

Book Overview

Maurice Blanchot emerged after World War II as a key figure in the literary world, though he was known by some of his contemporaries in France for his prior involvement in far-rightist politics. How did this happen? Why have literary critics, as in the cases of Martin Heidegger and Paul de Man, chosen to ignore or suppress Blanchot's right-wing interwar and wartime writings, focusing instead on his postwar production? Scandal and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816625271
• ISBN13: 9780816625277
• Release Date: March 1995
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 9.0"