Milo Sweedler. The Dismembered Community: Bataille, Blanchot, Leiris, and the Remains of Laure. Newark: U of Delaware P, 2009. 214 pp.

Review of Milo Sweedler. The Dismembered Community: Bataille, Blanchot, Leiris, and the Remains of Laure. Newark: U of Delaware P, 2009. 214 pp

Milo Sweedler. The Dismembered Community: Bataille, Blanchot, Leiris, and the Remains of Laure. Newark: U of Delaware P, 2009. 214 pp.

Review of Milo Sweedler. The Dismembered Community: Bataille, Blanchot, Leiris, and the Remains of Laure . Newark: U of Delaware P, 2009. 214 pp

The Imperative to Write Destitutions of the Sublime in Kafka, Blanchot, and Beckett

A philosophical analysis of the works of Franz Kafka, Maurice Blanchot and Samuel Beckett laying stress on the aesthetic notion of the sublime, especially as defined by philosopher Immanuel Kant, and arguing that these authors incorporate sublimity into their writing while also undermining the grandeur this traditionally implies.Cover -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface -- INTRODUCTION: "Why Do You Write?"-The Fault of Writing -- PART ONE: KAFKA -- 1. Kafka's Teeth: The Literary Gewissenbiss -- 2. The Ecstasy of Judgment -- 3. Embodied Violence and the Leap from the Law: "In the Penal Colony" and The Trial -- 4. Degradation of the Sublime: "A Hunger Artist" -- PART TWO: BLANCHOT -- 5. Pointed Instants: Blanchot's Exigencies -- 6. The Shell and the Mask: L'arrêt de mort -- 7. The Dead Look: The Death Mask, the Corpse Image, and the Haunting of Fiction -- PART THREE: BECKETT -- 8. Beckett's Voices and the Paradox of Expression -- 9. Company, But Not Enough -- Conclusion: Speech Unredeemed: From the Call of Conscience to the Torture of Language -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- ZA philosophical analysis of the works of Franz Kafka, Maurice Blanchot and Samuel Beckett laying stress on the aesthetic notion of the sublime, especially as defined by philosopher Immanuel Kant, and arguing that these authors incorporate sublimity into their writing while also undermining the grandeur this traditionally implies.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries