Literature and politics in the later Foucault Frontmatter Acknowledgements Contents 1 Introduction 2 Towards a Politics of Literature in Foucault 3 Literature Subject and Veridiction 4 Tragedy and Historical Event 5 Foucault and Literary Theory in the 21st Century 6 Conclusions Bibliography Index This study proposes a revised interpretation of Foucaults views on literature. It has been argued that the philosophers interest in literature was limited to the 1960s and of a mostly depoliticized nature. However Foucaults previously unpublished later works suggest a different reality showing a sustained interest in literature and its politics. In the light of this new material the book repositions Foucaults ideas within recent debates on the politics of literature While it has been argued that Foucaults interest in literature was limited to the 1960s and of a mostly depoliticized nature the philosophers previously unpublished later works suggest a different reality showing a sustained interest in literature and its politics. In the light of this new material this study repositions Foucaults ideas within recent debates on the politics of literature