{"product_id":"disappearance-of-literature","title":"Disappearance of Literature","description":"In this book Aaron Hillyer considers the implications of Maurice Blanchot's strange formulation: \"Literature is heading to its essence, which is its disappearance.\" This quest leads Hillyer to stage a dialogue between the works of Blanchot and Giorgio Agamben. Despite being primary points of reference for literary theory, no significant critical work has examined their \"literary\" writings together. \u003ci\u003eThe Disappearance of Literature \u003c\/i\u003einitiates this new trajectory through readings of Blanchot's The Unavowable Community and Agamben's \u003ci\u003eThe Open\u003c\/i\u003e, two short books that harbor their most enigmatic writings. A series of related concepts—study, community, mysticism, and friendship—emerges from this pairing, and, Hillyer argues, forms the basis of a new vein of contemporary literature found in the novels and hybrid fictions of Enrique Vila-Matas, Anne Carson, and Cesar Aira.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing Plc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54231888232792,"sku":"9781623561710","price":142.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781623561710.jpg?v=1778903160","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/disappearance-of-literature","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}