Literature suspends death
Subtitle: sacrifice and storytelling in Kierkegaard, Kafka and Blanchot
By: Chris Danta
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 167
ISBN-13: 9781441139726
Subjects: Bible; Philosophy in literature; Sacrifice in literature; Storytelling in literature; Criticism and interpretation; In literature; Influence
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Testing the tested; title: The melancholic imagination: Kierkegaard's Abraham; title: Sarah's laughter: Kafka's Abraham; title: "The absolutely dark moment of the plot": Blanchot's Abraham; title: Coda: Agnes and the merman.