The Negative Eschatology of Maurice Blanchot ____________________________________________________________________________

Contents: Abstract  Acknowledgments Abbreviation Key Proem: Blanchot Who is Blanchot? Politics and the Other Work and Friendship The Question of Literature and Engagement Influence and Translation The Poetics Thesis An Obscure Novel Thomas and the Abyss I. The Sea II. The Abyss The Tragic Man I. Absent Presence II. Infinite Deliberations III. Obscure Thomas IV. The Resolution of Igitur The Orphic Experience I. Contesting the Limits II. Rencontre: Hotel III. Book of Shadows IV. Descent V. Reunion VI. The Gaze VI. Anne's Second Death VII. Elegy and Return Appendix: Apparitions in the Night Works Cited _________________________________________________________________ Return to Title Page Return to Top