Stanford University Press ; Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2000
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
306 pages ; 23 cm
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
Originally published: 1997.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction; Part I. Abstract: 1. Bataille: the fiction of transgression; 2. Kristeva: reconciliations - in theory; Part II. Abstract: 3. Sartre: reading engagement; 4. Valery: the work of perfecting and the chemistry of the mind; 5. Breton: angelic truth; Part III. Abstract: 6. The voluntary and the automatic: Sartre, Valery, Breton and Bergson; 7. The politics of erasure: the modern and the postmodern; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
French literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.