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Literature Suspends Death

- Sacrifice and Storytelling in Kierkegaard, Kafka and Blanchot

About Literature Suspends Death

A study of how three important European thinkers - Kierkegaard, Kafka and Blanchot - use the Binding of Isaac to illuminate the sacrificial situation of the literary writer. It shows that literature plays a vital and heretical role in these three writers' highly idiosyncratic accounts of the Akedah.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9781441139726
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 176
  • Published:
  • September 28, 2011
  • Dimensions:
  • 164x235x17 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 386 g.
Delivery: 2-3 weeks
Expected delivery: December 8, 2024

Description of Literature Suspends Death

A study of how three important European thinkers - Kierkegaard, Kafka and Blanchot - use the Binding of Isaac to illuminate the sacrificial situation of the literary writer. It shows that literature plays a vital and heretical role in these three writers' highly idiosyncratic accounts of the Akedah.

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