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Death and the Labyrinth
Contributor(s): Foucault, Michel (Author), Faubion, James (Editor), Ruas, Charles (Translator)
ISBN: 0826493629     ISBN-13: 9780826493620
Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
OUR PRICE:   $34.60  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: January 2007
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Annotation: 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.
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | European - French
- Philosophy
- Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory
Dewey: 848.912
Series: Continuum Collection
Physical Information: 0.83" H x 6.16" W x 8.38" (0.74 lbs) 240 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - French
 
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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.