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Explores the process of reading as well as the nature of artistic creativity, all the while considering the relation of the literary work to time, to history, and to death. This work reflects on literature and the unique demand it makes upon our attention.

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"A series of fascinating, and frequently uncanny, meditations."--Year's Work in English Studies. "Authoritative analysis of the creative act... The translator's introduction is as excellent as the translation itself."--Library Journal.

The Space of Literature

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    A Paperback / softback by Maurice Blanchot, Ann Smock, Ann Smock

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      Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
      Publication Date: 01/12/1989
      ISBN13: 9780803260924, 978-0803260924
      ISBN10: 080326092X
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      Anthologies ELT & Literary Studies Literary theory

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Explores the process of reading as well as the nature of artistic creativity, all the while considering the relation of the literary work to time, to history, and to death. This work reflects on literature and the unique demand it makes upon our attention.

      Trade Review
      "A series of fascinating, and frequently uncanny, meditations."--Year's Work in English Studies. "Authoritative analysis of the creative act... The translator's introduction is as excellent as the translation itself."--Library Journal.

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