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This is the first full-length study devoted to Roger Laporte, whose lifelong exploration of the stakes of writing has produced a body of work on the borderline of literature and philosophy. Charting the development of Laporte's writing in relation to the work of Heidegger, Levinas, Blanchot and Derrida, this study offers both a comprehensive reading of Laporte's oeuvre and a new perspective on an important strand of recent thinking about literature. In particular, it is claimed here that the imperfect reflexivity of Laporte's 'Ophic' texts effects a singular opening to reading, and that in doing so it illuminates the ethical dimension of literature which has been the subject of much recent discussion.

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1: Orphic Writing; 2: Writing the Unknown; 3: Writing as Fugue; 4: Writing Bio–graphy: A Matter of Life and Death; 5: Giving Reading

Roger Laporte: The Orphic Text

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      Published 1 December 2000
      ISBN-13 9781900755382
      978-1900755382
      ISBN-10 1900755386
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      Book Synopsis

      This is the first full-length study devoted to Roger Laporte, whose lifelong exploration of the stakes of writing has produced a body of work on the borderline of literature and philosophy. Charting the development of Laporte's writing in relation to the work of Heidegger, Levinas, Blanchot and Derrida, this study offers both a comprehensive reading of Laporte's oeuvre and a new perspective on an important strand of recent thinking about literature. In particular, it is claimed here that the imperfect reflexivity of Laporte's 'Ophic' texts effects a singular opening to reading, and that in doing so it illuminates the ethical dimension of literature which has been the subject of much recent discussion.

      Table of Contents

      1: Orphic Writing; 2: Writing the Unknown; 3: Writing as Fugue; 4: Writing Bio–graphy: A Matter of Life and Death; 5: Giving Reading

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