Madness of the Day

by Maurice Blanchot

L. Davis (Translator)

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Jacques Derrida writes (in Deconstruction and Criticism)of The Madness of the Day that it is a story whose title runs wild and drives the reader mad.la folie du jour, the madness of today, of the day today, which leads to the madness that comes from the day, is born of it, as well as the madness of the day itself, itself mad..La folie du jour is a story of madness, of that madness that consists in seeing the light, vision or visibility, to see beyond what is visible, is not merely 'to have a vision' in the usual sense of the word, but to see-beyond-sight, to see-sight-beyond-sight..The story obscures the sun.with a blinding light.
  • ISBN10 0930794362
  • ISBN13 9780930794361
  • Publish Date 1 January 1995
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Station Hill Press,U.S.
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 32
  • Language English