{"product_id":"what-is-there-to-say-paperback","title":"What Is There to Say? - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnn Smock\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHerman Melville's Bartleby, asked to account for himself, \"would prefer not to.\" Tongue-tied Billy Budd, urged to defend his innocence, responds with a murderous blow. The Bavard, by Louis-René des Forêts, concerns a man whose power to speak is replaced by an inability to shut up. In these and other literary examples a call for speech throws the possibility of speaking into doubt. What Is There to Say? uses the ideas of Maurice Blanchot to clarify puzzling works by Melville, des Forêts, and Beckett. Ann Smock's energetic readings of texts about talking, listening, and recording cast an equally welcome light on Blanchot's paradoxical thought. Ann Smock is a professor of French at the University of California, Berkeley and the author of Double Dealing. She translated Maurice Blanchot's The Space of Literature and The Writing of the Disaster, as well as Sarah Kofman's Rue Ordener, Rue Labat, all published by the University of Nebraska Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnn Smock is a professor of French at the University of California, Berkeley and the author of \u003ci\u003eDouble Dealing\u003c\/i\u003e. She translated Maurice Blanchot's \u003ci\u003eThe Space of Literature\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Writing of the Disaster\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as Sarah Kofman's \u003ci\u003eRue Ordener, Rue Labat\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by the University of Nebraska Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42737468276799,"sku":"9780803222380","price":38.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/271c0fe1ccf7fc98fe7990b9f7ed7fae.webp?v=1765150084","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/what-is-there-to-say-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}