This volume presents a series of essays which consider the ways in which the death scenes of different writers have inflected the reception of their work. Figures and topics addressed include: Molière, Mayakovsky, Pasolini, Proust, Dennis Potter, Foucault; the death mask, the literary encomium and the place of the critic in relation to this scene. Of interest to all those involved in literary studies and critical theory, this collection reveals the moment of death as that which binds life and work together - a relation which, here, is as urgent as it is impossible.
Table of contents:
Acknowledgements. Martin CROWLEY: Introduction: 'If I were a writer, and dead...'. Peter FRANCE: An Etna Among Foothills: The Death of Mayakovsky. Henry PHILLIPS: Molière: The Empty Chair. Aled GRIFFITHS: The Last Days of Heiner Müller. Robert S.C. GORDON: 'To Speak Oneself and Die': Pasolini and the Poet as Martyr. Jeremy STUBBS: Surrealism and the Death Mask. Nicola LUCKHURST: Proust's Beard. Ingrid WASSENAAR: Le juste milieu... Proust's Transmission. Glen CREEBER: 'Adapted for Television': Dennis Potter's Last Interview. Gavin BOND: 'Le temps s'étrangle. Mourons': The Death of Guillevic. Andrew HUSSEY: 'Coplas que fizo por la muerte de su padre': The Last Words of Guy Debord. Richard STAMP: The Discretion of Dying: Blanchot and the Death of Bataille. Rachel JONES: Foucault's Last Gesture: Untying Death and the OEuvre. Abstracts. Notes on Contributors.
Table of contents:
Acknowledgements. Martin CROWLEY: Introduction: 'If I were a writer, and dead...'. Peter FRANCE: An Etna Among Foothills: The Death of Mayakovsky. Henry PHILLIPS: Molière: The Empty Chair. Aled GRIFFITHS: The Last Days of Heiner Müller. Robert S.C. GORDON: 'To Speak Oneself and Die': Pasolini and the Poet as Martyr. Jeremy STUBBS: Surrealism and the Death Mask. Nicola LUCKHURST: Proust's Beard. Ingrid WASSENAAR: Le juste milieu... Proust's Transmission. Glen CREEBER: 'Adapted for Television': Dennis Potter's Last Interview. Gavin BOND: 'Le temps s'étrangle. Mourons': The Death of Guillevic. Andrew HUSSEY: 'Coplas que fizo por la muerte de su padre': The Last Words of Guy Debord. Richard STAMP: The Discretion of Dying: Blanchot and the Death of Bataille. Rachel JONES: Foucault's Last Gesture: Untying Death and the OEuvre. Abstracts. Notes on Contributors.