Maurice Blanchot

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This book was originally published in French as Christophe Bident, Maurice Blanchot: Partenaire invisible; Essai biographique,

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Bident, Christophe, 1962– author.

Title: Maurice Blanchot : a critical biography / Christophe Bident ; translated by John McKeane.

Other titles: Maurice Blanchot. English

Description: New York, NY : Fordham University Press, 2019. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018011232| ISBN 9780823281763 (cloth : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780823281756 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Subjects: LCSH: Blanchot, Maurice. | Authors, French—20th century—Biography. Classification: LCC PQ2603.L3343 Z55 2019 | DDC 843/.912 [B] — dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018011232