{"product_id":"the-work-of-fire-meridian-crossing-aesthetics-9780804724937","title":"The Work of Fire Meridian Crossing Aesthetics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a a collection of essays by Maurice Blanchot, a key figure in the exploration of the relationship between literature and philosophy. Recurring themes in the essays include:the relation of literature and language to death and the historical, personal, and social function of literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A signal event for literary and cultural studies in the English-speaking world. As crucial essays on individual authors, as a major work of literary theory, as an important means of access to the 1940s in French culture, as an exemplary work combining reading and theory—it is of great importance to us today.\"—J. Hillis Miller, University of California, Irvine\u003cbr\u003e\"This collection of essays and reviews from the 1940s is about the 'fiery part' of literary language that burns through the aesthetic illusions and the easy referentiality of everyday language. . . . This collection is indepensable to any attempt to understand the years between Heidegger\/Benjamin and Derrida\/Man.\"—\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405505929559,"sku":"9780804724937","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804724937.jpg?v=1730492154","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-work-of-fire-meridian-crossing-aesthetics-9780804724937","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}