Description
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.
Author: Michel Foucault
Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
Published: 01/30/2007
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 8.38h x 6.16w x 0.83d
ISBN13: 9780826493620
ISBN10: 0826493629
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | European | French
- Philosophy | General
- Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory
About the Author
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.