Death and the Labyrinth

Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-0-8264-9362-0
Verlag: Continnuum-3PL

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 327 g

Reihe: Continuum Collection

New edition of Foucault's classic text on theory, criticism and psychoanalysis, explored through the texts of Raymond Roussel
- Student-friendly and affordable
- Foucault is now recognised as one of the most original and influential thinkers of the 20th Century
- Contains an interview with Foucault that was conducted only nine months before his death

Death and the Labyrinth is unique, being Foucault's only work on literature. For Foucault this was "by far the book I wrote most easily and with the greatest pleasure". Here, Foucault explores theory, criticism and psychology through the texts of Raymond Roussel, one of the fathers of experimental writing, whose work has been celebrated by the likes of Cocteau, Duchamp, Breton, Robbe Grillet, Gide and Giacometti.

This revised edition includes; an introduction, chronology and bibliography to Foucault's work by James Faubion, an interview with Foucault, conducted only nine months before his death, and concludes with an essay on Roussel by the poet John Ashbery.

Zielgruppe

Upper Level Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Foucault, Michel

Faubion, James

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Kulturphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturpsychologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 20./21. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

General Introduction by James Faubion
Chronology of Foucault's Life & Work
1. The Threshold and the Key
2. The Cushions of the Billiard table
3. Rhyme and Reason
4. Dawns, Mine Crystal
5. The Metamorphosis and the Labyrinth
6. The Surface of Things
7. The Empty Lens
8. The Enclosed Sun
9. An Interview with Michel Foucault by Charles Ruas
Postscript: "On Raymond Roussel" by John Ashbery
Bibliography of primary and secondary works
Selective Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Michel Foucault (1926-1984) was a French philosopher and widely recognised as one of the most original and influential thinkers of the 20th Century.

James Faubion is at Rice University, USA.

Charles Ruas is the translator of Death and the Labyrinth.