{"product_id":"the-flowers-of-tarbes-jean-paulhan-9780252030192","title":"The Flowers of Tarbes: Or, Terror in Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003ePaulhan's seminal work in English for the first time\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLes Fleurs de Tarbes, ou la terreur dans les lettres, first published as a single volume in 1941, was considered by Jean Paulhan to be the furthest-reaching expression of his thinking about literature and language. It is now recognized as a landmark text in the history of twentieth century literary criticism and in the emergence of contemporary literary theory. This is the first time it has been translated into English. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe playful tone and quirky, casual style of Paulhan's writing mask a theoretical intent and seriousness of purpose that are extraordinarily prescient. In The Flowers of Tarbes Paulhan probes the relationship between language, meaning, context, intention and action with unremitting tenacity, and in so doing produces a major treatise on the nature of the literary act, and a meditation on what we might now call the responsibility or ethical imperative of literature itself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jean Paulhan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0252030192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252030192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/04\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 6.04w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2006 pg. 118","brand":"Jean Paulhan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43913508585727,"sku":"9780252030192","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_42e85a44-0ee4-4cc9-b20b-3d15d9543341.jpg?v=1680620756","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-flowers-of-tarbes-jean-paulhan-9780252030192","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}