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Language, madness, and desire : on literature /

As a transformative thinker of the twentieth century, whose work spanned all branches of the humanities, Michel Foucault had a complex and profound relationship with literature. And yet this critical aspect of his thought, because it was largely expressed in speeches and interviews, remains virtuall...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984 (Author)
Other Authors: Artières, Philippe (Editor), Bert, Jean-François, 1976- (Editor), Potte-Bonneville, Mathieu (Editor), Revel, Judith (Editor), Bononno, Robert (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Language Notes:Translated from the French.
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Literature > History and criticism.
PHILOSOPHY / General.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory.
Table of Contents:
  • Contents Editors' Introduction
  • Note on the Text
  • Language, Madness, and Desire
  • Language and Madness
  • The Silence of the Mad
  • Mad Language
  • Literature and Language
  • Session One: What Is Literature?
  • Session Two: What Is the Language of Literature?
  • Lectures on Sade
  • Session One: Why Did Sade Write?
  • Session Two: Theoretical Discourses and Erotic Scenes
  • Editors' Notes.