Passion and Excess: Blanchot, Bataille, and Literary Theory

by Steven Shaviro

Explores the ways in which Blanchot and Bataille have influenced post-structuralist and deconstructionist critics. The book suggests that a critic should be a ventriloquist, taking his cues from the author's words.

Genres: Philosophy, Theory

200 pages, Hardcover

First published May 20, 1990