Considered to be the precursor to literary surrealism, roussel was admired as a genius by such illustrious contemporary french writers as cocteau, gide, foucault, and giacometti. The story mark ford tells about roussel s life and work is at once captivating, heartbreaking, and almost beyond belief. His works have influenced such artists and writers as marcel duchamp roussel showed me the way, alberto giacometti, kenneth koch, alain robbegrillet, leonardo sciascia, paul auster, georges perec, and jim jarmusch. Foucault, lecture 01, 22 october 1985 the deleuze seminars. Abstract, in this paper i examine the character of what might be termed foucaults geography, and in so doing i wish to respect the otherness of how michel foucault treats space and place rather than coopting his insights into a broader conceptualisation of the societyspace nexus, in the first part of the paper. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Foucaults own enjoyment, not only of the texts of roussel, but of the process of producing his analyses of those texts, is contagious. Death and the labyrinth continuum collection series. There are many audio and video recordings of foucault found in various places online.
During his lifetime, roussel s work was vociferously championed by the surrealists, but never achieved the widespread acclaim for which he yearned. Paulmichel foucault was born on 15 october 1926 in the city of poitiers, westcentral france, as the second of three children in a prosperous and socially conservative uppermiddleclass family. Foucault, lecture 07, 10 december 1985 the deleuze seminars. Arguing from a juridicoinstitutional, linguistic and transhistorical perspective, through what paul patton terms conceptual fundamentalism,4 it seems that agamben would be guilty of turning foucault on his head, apparently without noticing. All items are listed according to their first known date of coming into being or first known date of publication. Roussel also happens to be notoriously difficult to understand his output belonging somewhere in the overlap between conceptualism, experimentalism, and surrealism. His father was a doctor, and he had a standard provincial upbringing. I will speak of technology in quotation marks when i am referring to the word and to the ways in which foucaults uses it rather than to the thing or phenomenon itself. Context background information paulmichel foucault was born on october 15, 1926 in poitiers, france. He was educated at the elite ecole normale superieure ens in paris from 1946 to 1950, where he studied philosophy and psychology and was briefly a member of the french communist party.
Wide ranging, characteristically insightful, and unexpectedly autobiographical, the discussion is revelatory of foucaults intellectual development, his aims as a writer, his clinical methodology lets say im a diagnostician, and his interest in other authors, including raymond roussel and antonin artaud. Foucault was a 25lecture seminar given from october 1985 to may 1986. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site. French theorist michel foucault s only booklength work of literary criticism is on roussel. Raymond roussel michel foucault traducido por patricio canto siglo xxi, buenos aires, 1976 titulo original. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Here, foucault explores theory, criticism and psychology through the texts of raymond roussel, one of the fathers of experimental writing, whose work has been celebrated by the likes of cocteau, duchamp. I was taken by the prose style even before learning what was behind itthe process, the machines, the mechanismsand no doubt when i discovered his process and his techniques, the obsessional side of me was seduced a second time by the shock of learning of the disparity between this methodically applied process, which was slightly naive. Raymond roussel, one of the most outlandishly compelling literary figures of modern times, died in mysterious circumstances at the age of fiftysix in 1933. Locus solus kindle edition by roussel, raymond, cunningham, rupert copeland. A very short introduction very short introductions.
Ive tried to compile all these and put them in chronological order. Foucault death and the labyrinth the world of raymond roussel. Foucaults very choice of roussel as a subject is revelatory. French philosopher gilles deleuze uses raymond roussel s works as one of many examples of repetition in his 1968 work difference and repetition. In fact, the book will even spotbut i cant yet take this into accountthree kinds of works by roussel. Publication date 1986 topics roussel, raymond, 18771933 criticism and interpretation publisher garden city, n. Nov 28, 2017 lecture given by french philosopher gilles deleuze at the university of paris 8, 22 april 1986. Presentation mode open print download current view. January 20, 1877 july 14, 1933 was a french poet, novelist, playwright, musician, and chess enthusiast. Abstract, in this paper i examine the character of what might be termed foucault s geography, and in so doing i wish to respect the otherness of how michel foucault treats space and place rather than coopting his insights into a broader conceptualisation of the societyspace nexus, in the first part of the paper.
Chronological bibliography of the works of michel foucault. The philosophy of foucault is an accessible and stimulating introduction to one of the most popular and influential thinkers of recent years and will be welcomed by students studying foucault as. Through his novels, poems, and plays he exerted a profound influence on certain groups within 20th century french literature, including the surrealists, oulipo, and the authors of the nouveau roman. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Death and the labyrinth in unique, being foucaults only work on literature. Buy how i wrote certain of my books revised edition by roussel, raymond isbn. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. Download lecture in english pdf lecture in french pdf. This article offers the first comprehensive analysis of the ways in which the french philosopher michel foucault 19261984 employed the terms technology and the technique over the course of his intellectual career. My overall argument is that foucaults geography emerges directly from his own suspicion of the certainties the order, coherence, truth, reason supposed by most historians and social scientists to lie at the heart of social life, and as such i think that it can be adjudged a truly postmodern human geography in a manner that, say, edward. Death and the labyrinth continuum collection 9780826493620. Foucault a very short introduction pages 1 50 text. Download pdf raymond roussel free online new books in.
Raymond roussel was born into a wealthy parisian family in 1877 and died in a hotel room in palermo in 1933. Here, foucault explores theory, criticism and psychology through the texts of raymond roussel, one of the fathers of experimental writing, whose work has been celebrated by the likes of cocteau, duchamp, breton, robbe grillet, gide and giacometti. Buy death and the labyrinth continuum collection series revised edition by foucault, michel, ruas, charles isbn. A lovely curiosity raymond roussel 18771933 variant magazine. The story mark ford tells about roussels life and work is at once captivating, heartbreaking, and almost beyond belief.
Through his novels, poems, and plays he exerted a profound influence on certain groups within 20th century french literature, including the surrealists, oulipo, and the. His use of these words in his mature writings, it is argued, reflects a profound ambivalence. Download bibliography of the works of michel foucault in pdf format. Death and the labyrinth was foucaults first book, and the one focussed most specifically on literature. John sturrock champion of words lrb 15 october 1987. Foucault described it as by far the book i wrote most easily, with the greatest pleasure, and most rapidly. A very short introduction very short introductions gary gutting from aesthetics to the penal system, and from madness and civilization to avantgarde literature, foucault was happy to reject old models of thinking and replace them with fresh versions that are still being debated today. In the book on raymond roussel, foucault tells us that, according to him, there are two kinds of works by this poet, two kinds of works. For foucault this was by far the book i wrote most easily and with the greatest pleasure. In the first part of the paper i discuss the more theoretical dimensions to his geography, explaining how his.
Death and the labyrinth in unique, being foucault s only work on literature. In these lectures, deleuze offers his interpretation and analysis of french. Citeseerx document details isaac councill, lee giles, pradeep teregowda. Foucault sought to denounce the pernicious effects of what he called. It is hard to believe the immense amount of time composition of this kind of verse requires, he later commented.
Michel foucault, for once and for now, may stand aside. It is foucaults only booklength work on literature. Raymond roussel and the republic of dreams on jstor. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading locus solus. Death and the labyrinth in unique, being foucaults only wor. The best starting point is raymond roussel, foucaults only booklength literary study, and a work that he characterized as something very personal rr, interview, 185.
The world of raymond roussel was published in 1963, and translated into english in 1986. Raymond roussel une vie une oeuvre comment lire raymond roussel en ce xxi. In the book on raymond roussel, foucault tells us that, according to him, there are two kinds of works by this poet, two kinds. Foucault leads the reader through roussels texts, and. Death and the labyrinth was foucault s first book, and the one focussed most specifically on literature. Klinikerschienene studie zu raymond roussel eine ebenso einzigartige wie. In this paper i examine the character of what might be termed foucaults geography, and in so doing i wish to respect the otherness of how michel foucault treats space and place rather than coopting his insights into a broader conceptualisation of the societyspace nexus. This is lecture 20 of a 25lecture seminar deleuze taught between october 1985 and may 1986.
Roussel began writing new impressions of africa in 1915 while serving in the french army during the first world war and it took him seventeen years to complete. Foucault discloses, in ways he never had previously, details about his home life, his family. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Thought of the outside radical philosophy archive, 19722016. Foucault echoed this critique, arguing that the care of.
Raymond roussel was an art pioneer whose writings were essential to the formation of the french avant garde in all genres. The deleuze seminars is a collection of audio recordings, transcriptions, and english translations of, and supplemental materials from, the lectures french philosopher gilles deleuze gave during his career at the university of paris 8. The world of raymond roussel, translated by charles ruas. Go into any book shop and theyll probably not have anything on or by raymond. During his lifetime, roussels work was vociferously championed by the surrealists, but never achieved the widespread acclaim for which he yearned. Foucault death and the labyrinth the world of raymond. Through his novels, poems, and plays he exerted profound influence on certain groups within 20th century french literature, including the surrealists, oulipo, and the authors of the nouvenu roman. Poet, novelist, playwright, and chess enthusiast, raymond roussel 18771933 was one of the french belle poques most compelling literary figures. Oct 10, 2012 raymond roussel 18771933 was a french poet, novelist, playwright, musician, chess enthusiast, neurasthenic, and drug addict. The work of georges bataille, maurice blanchot, raymond roussel, michel leiris, and francis ponge in the 1930s and 1940s amounts to a prehistory of todays theoretical debates. This bibliography lists all known publications of michel foucault in a chronological order, which is as strict as possible. Foucault audio and video recordings progressive geographies.