Duras, Writing, and the Ethical

Making the Broken Whole

By: Martin Crowley

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Hardcover | 26 October 2000

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This book offers a study of the whole of Duras's written oeuvre, covering journalism and lesser-known works as well as more famous texts. It brings out the constant presence of ethical questions in and around the experiences of passion and excess with which her work is always concerned, and subjects Duras's texts to an unprecedented level of close reading, carrying her beyond the terms of her usual reception. On the basis of this approach, and with reference to Duras's involvement with her intellectual and political contexts, the book demonstrates the detailed engagement of Duras's writing in the ethical and political issues of her day. Careful textual analysis shows the particular, fragile nature of this engagement, as well as the intricate textures of Duras's work; this leads to a striking new model of the relation between the literary text and the ethical life of its readers, which will be of importance not only to specialists in French Studies, but to all those interested in ethical criticism and modern literary studies.

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[Crowley] argues convincingly that Duras's work forces readers to confront the ethical questions with which it is nonetheless suffused.... This nuanced, serious, and philosophically informed study is a major departure and broadening of the field.... The most significant and thorough piece of Duras scholarship since Leslie Hill's Marguerite Duras: Apocalyptic Desires (1993), this is an essential addition to all libraries supporting work at the upper-division undergraduate level and above.--Choice

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