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Pages: 204
Authors: Maurice Blanchot
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In this book, Blanchot forcefully distinguishes his critical project from the major intellectual currents of his day, surrealism and existentialism.
Maldoror & the Complete Works of the Comte de Lautreamont
Language: en
Pages: 364
Authors: comte de Lautréamont
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Andre Breton wrote that MALDOROR is the expression of a revelation so complete it seems to exceed human potential.' First published in 1869, MALDOROR is the wor
Distant Suffering
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Authors: Luc Boltanski
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Type: BOOK - Published: 1999-10-13 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Distant Suffering, first published in 1999, examines the moral and political implications for a spectator of the distant suffering of others as presented throug
(Re-)Writing the Radical
Language: en
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Authors: Maike Oergel
Categories: Literary Criticism
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The essays in this volume discuss the overlap between philosophical, aesthetic, and political concerns in the 1790s either in the work of individuals or in the
Maldoror and Poems
Language: en
Pages: 333
Authors: Comte Lautreamont
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-01-26 - Publisher: Random House

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Insolent and defiant, the Chants de Maldoror, by the self-styled Comte de Lautréamont (1846-70), depicts a sinister and sadistic world of unrestrained savagery