The dismembered community

Description:

This book examines the intersecting communitarian endeavors of Georges Bataille, Maurice Blanchot, Michel Leiris, and Colette Peignot, known post-humously as Laure. Through detailed analysis of a series of interlocking texts that the four authors wrote on, for, and to one another on such topics as love, friendship, and fraternity, it explores these authors' theoretical elaborations of community, their actual communities, and the relation between the two.--from publisher description.

subjects: Criticism and interpretation,  French literature,  Community in literature,  History and criticism,  Communities in literature,  Bataille, georges, 1897-1962,  French literature, history and criticism, 20th century

People: Georges Bataille (1897-1962),  Maurice Blanchot,  Laure,  Michel Leiris (1901-1990)

Times: 20th century