{"product_id":"what-is-there-to-say-9780803222380","title":"What Is There to Say?","description":"Herman 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. \u003ci\u003eThe Bavard\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003ci\u003eWhat Is There to Say?\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ann Smock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.44d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803222380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40138421534835,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_86c52875-7cdd-4f3d-b36d-1db79215a2e4.jpg?v=1654349355","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/what-is-there-to-say-9780803222380","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}