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A/I* 2-\\#++ \\#=IIEM I+ 􀀈􀀆􀀈􀀇 􀀆􀀋 􀀇􀀍 􀀇􀀋,􀀈􀀍,􀀉􀀇􀀄  \n1I-Q/DBCN 5 􀀇􀀎􀀍􀀋􀀄 :67 6\\# =/ ME 􀀄 /)) /DBCNM /\\#M\\#/P\\#?􀀄  \n0) +!CIN􀀂 5 2/D!\\#􀀄 9C\\# 􀀞/DND+B IA NC\\# 2DM MN\\#/􀀂 :67 6\\#=/ ME 􀀂 􀀇􀀎􀀍􀀋􀀄 7/I82\\#MN 􀀖=IIE 1\\#+N/ )􀀂 CNN-,􀀅􀀅\\#=IIE!\\#+N/ )􀀄-/I.2\\#MN􀀄!I*􀀅)D=􀀅2-\\#++ \\#=IIEM􀀅?\\#N D)􀀄 !NDI+.?I!42-􀀉􀀆􀀋􀀍􀀌􀀊􀀊􀀄 1/\\# N\\#? A/I* 2-\\#++ \\#=IIEM I+ 􀀈􀀆􀀈􀀇 􀀆􀀋 􀀇􀀍 􀀇􀀋,􀀈􀀍,􀀉􀀇􀀄  \nFirst paperback printing of the new edition: 1995  \n© Éditions Gallimard, 1980 Copyright 1986, 1995 by the University of Nebraska Press All rights reserved  \nThe paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication data appears on the last printed page of this book.  \nAn index has been added to the New Edition.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Blanchot, Maurice.  \n[Ecriture du desastre. English] The writing of the disaster = L’ecriture dudesastre / by Maurice Blanchot; translated by Ann Smock,  \n[p. cm](p. cm).  \nIncludes bibliographical references and index.  \nISBN 0-8032-6120-9  \nISBN 978-0-8032-7747-2 (epub)  \nISBN 978-0-8032-7748-9 (mobi)  \n1. Blanchot, Maurice—Philosophy.  \n2. Literature—Philosophy.  \nI. Smock, Ann, 1944-  \nII. Title. III. Title: Ecriture du desastre.  \nPQ2603. L3343E2813 1995 848’.91207—dc20 94-46856 CIP  \n“The publisher does not have any control over and does not assume any responsibility for author or third-party  \nwebsites or their content.”  \n1I-Q/DBCN 5 􀀇􀀎􀀍􀀋􀀄 :67 6\\# =/ ME 􀀄 /)) /DBCNM /\\#M\\#/P\\#?􀀄  \n0) +!CIN􀀂 5 2/D!\\#􀀄 9C\\# 􀀞/DND+B IA NC\\# 2DM MN\\#/􀀂 :67 6\\#=/ ME 􀀂 􀀇􀀎􀀍􀀋􀀄 7/I82\\#MN 􀀖=IIE 1\\#+N/ )􀀂 CNN-,􀀅􀀅\\#=IIE!\\#+N/ )􀀄-/I.2\\#MN􀀄!I*􀀅)D=􀀅2-\\#++ \\#=IIEM􀀅?\\#N D)􀀄 !NDI+.?I!42-􀀉􀀆􀀋􀀍􀀌􀀊􀀊􀀄 1/\\# N\\#? 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First, there is the kind posed by the fact that, here more than in previous works, Blanchot lets thoughts suggest themselves and develop, through puns, alliterations, rhymes, etymologies (both learned and fanciful), as though thought were engraved in words themselves and thinking consisted in deciphering the inscription, or as if language were speaking to us in the various sonorities of diverse terms, and we had only to listen to what it tells—in short, as if he believed language to be the reserve and preserve of truth (“language, the house of being”) . Irony, to be sure, does not fail him with respect to this faith in language (irony is an important word, and effect, in The Writing of the Disaster) . Indeed, as though he had only to read out the lesson in irony from the words of his own language, he says of trust in language (confiance) that it is défiance—distrust, nay defiance. Defiance of language, situated in language, which finds within itself the terms of its own critique. 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