{"product_id":"the-space-of-literature-maurice-blanchot-9780803260924","title":"The Space of Literature: A Translation of l'Espace Littéraire","description":"Maurice Blanchot, the eminent literary and cultural critic, has had a vast influence on contemporary French writers--among them Jean Paul Sartre and Jacques Derrida. From the 1930s through the present day, his writings have been shaping the international literary consciousness. \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Space of Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, first published in France in 1955, is central to the development of Blanchot's thought. In it he reflects on literature and the unique demand it makes upon our attention. Thus he explores the process of reading as well as the nature of artistic creativity, all the while considering the relation of the literary work to time, to history, and to death. This book consists not so much in the application of a critical method or the demonstration of a theory of literature as in a patiently deliberate meditation upon the literary experience, informed most notably by studies of Mallarmé, Kafka, Rilke, and Hölderlin. Blanchot's discussions of those writers are among the finest in any language.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maurice Blanchot\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 080326092X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803260924\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/1989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 279\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.95h x 5.99w x 0.66d","brand":"Maurice Blanchot","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43996827746559,"sku":"9780803260924","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_63a4e0cd-a83e-4d10-9bda-7228bfc9f8af.jpg?v=1683343929","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-space-of-literature-maurice-blanchot-9780803260924","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}