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//-->The Imperative to WriteThe Imperative to WriteDestitutions of the Sublime in Kafka, Blanchot, and Beckettjeff fortfordham university pressNew York2014Copyright © 2014 Fordham University PressAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored ina retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic,mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other—except for brief quotationsin printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher.Fordham University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracyof URLs for external or third-party Internet websites referred to in this pub-lication and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or willremain, accurate or appropriate.Fordham University Press also publishes its books in a variety of electronicformats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in elec-tronic books.Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataFort, Jeff (date)The imperative to write : destitutions of the sublime in Kafka, Blanchot,and Beckett / Jeff Fort. — First edition.pages cm.Includes bibliographical references and index.isbn 978-0-8232-5469-9 (cloth : alk. paper)1. Sublime, The, in literature. 2. Kafka, Franz, 1883–1924—Criticism and interpretation. 3. Blanchot, Maurice—Criticismand interpretation. 4. Beckett, Samuel, 1906–1989—Criticism andinterpretation. I. Title.pn56.s7416f68 2014809—dc232013030646Printed in the United States of America16 15 1454321First editioncontentsList of AbbreviationsPrefaceintroduction: “Why Do You Write?”—The Fault of Writingviiix1part one / kafka1.2.3.4.Kafka’s Teeth: The LiteraryGewissenbissThe Ecstasy of JudgmentEmbodied Violence and the Leap from the Law: “In the Penal Colony”andThe TrialDegradation of the Sublime: “A Hunger Artist”1758101144part two / blanchot5.6.7.Pointed Instants: Blanchot’s ExigenciesThe Shell and the Mask:L’arrêt de mortThe Dead Look: The Death Mask, the Corpse Image, and the Hauntingof Fiction163213248part three / beckett8.9.Beckett’s Voices and the Paradox of ExpressionCompany,But Not EnoughConclusion: Speech Unredeemed: From the Call of Conscienceto the Torture of LanguageNotesBibliographyIndex293330347361405413v
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