Monash Romance Studies
Monash Romance
Studies (General Editor: Brian Nelson) is published by
the University of Delaware Press . It is a series of refereed scholarly
publications devoted to the study of any aspect of French, Italian
and Spanish literature, language, culture and civilization. It publishes
books and collections of essays on specific themes, and is open to
scholars associated with academic institutions other than Monash
University .
20 volumes have appeared since 1995. The most recent publication in the series is:
After Blanchot: Literature, Criticism, Philosophy
Edited by Leslie Hill, Brian Nelson, and Dimitris Vardoulakis
ISBN 0 87413 9 46 5
| What does it mean to come after Blanchot? Three things, at least. First, it is to recognise it is no longer possible to believe in an essentialist determination of literary discourse or of aesthetic experience. All this has disappeared; and there is no way back. Second, there is the question of history. What is Blanchot's legacy to us, his readers? Any name, however irreplaceably singular, is always already preceded, limited, challenged even, by the abiding anonymity of the person, animal, or thing it claims to name. Every name is necessarily impersonal, anonymous, other. Blanchot "after Blanchot," then, can best be understood in the sense of that which is "according to Blanchot" - and that is nothing other than the infinite process of reading and rereading Blanchot: without end. Here, a third meaning to the phrase "after Blanchot" comes into view. For if we come after Blanchot, it is surely because Blanchot is still before us, still in front, still in the future, still to come. Table of Contents (pdf format, 44.2k) To Order:UK and Europe - List price 21.95 UK pounds Canada - List price $43.50 (Canadian) US - List price $30.00 Australia and New Zealand
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