Philosophy and the Labyrinth (Athlone Contemporary European Thinkers Series) - Softcover

Foucault, Michel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826464351 ISBN 13: 9780826464354

Publisher: Mansell Publishing, 2004

Synopsis

This title was Foucault's only work on literature. Here he explores theory, criticism and psychology through the texts of Roussel, one of the fathers of experimental writing, whose work has been celebrated by the likes of Cocteau, Duchamp, Brenton, Grillet, Gide and Giacometti.

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Review

"One of the important things about the Roussel book, however, is that it shows that approach to literature in full flight. And reading it is a pleasure, but a pleasure that is not unmixed with pain. Foucault's own enjoyment, not only of the texts of Roussel, but of the process of producing his analyses of those texts, is contagious. And if that makes us go back and read some of Roussel's work, then the book has served an important function... given Foucault's own fondness for subjugated knowledges and forgotten histories, we would be well justified in uncovering this secret love of an anguished and obsessive young philosopher." -Timothy O'Leary, Foucault Studies, February 2009--Sanford Lakoff

Edition details

• Publisher: Mansell Publishing
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0826464351
• ISBN 13: 9780826464354
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 255