Gaze of Orpheus: and other literary essays
Through more than 40 years, the French writer Maurice Blanchot has produced an astonishig body of fiction and criticism... [a] profound theoretical investigation of literature and those who make it.... Beautufully translated.... --Gilbert Sorentino, The New York Times Book Revi<br /><br />When we come to write history of criticism for the 1940 to 1980 period it will be found that Blanchot, together with Sartre, made French "discourse" possible, both in its relentlessness and its acuity.... This selection... is exemplary for its clearly translated and well-chosen excerpts from Blanchot's many influential books. Reading him now, and in this form, I feel once more the excitement of discovering Blanchot in the 1950s.... --Geoffrey HartmanWhen we come to write history of criticism for the 1940 to 1980 period it will be found that Blanchot, together with Sartre, made French "discourse" possible, both in its relentlessness and its acuity.... This selection... is exemplary for its clearly translated and well-chosen excerpts from Blanchot's many influential books. Reading him now, and in this form, I feel once more the excitement of discovering Blanchot in the 1950s.... --Geoffrey Hartman