Deleuze on Literature

by Ronald Bogue

This is the first comprehensive introduction to Deleuze's work on literature. It provides thorough treatments of Deleuze's early book on Proust and his seminal volume on Kafka and minor literature. Deleuze on Literature situates those studies and many other scattered writings within a general project that extends throughout Deleuze's career-that of conceiving of literature as a form of health and the writer as a cultural physician.

Genres: Philosophy, Criticism

226 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

Reviews

[CharlesS · Rating 4 out of 5]

Deleuze's relationship to literature, of many different nations and authors, was vast, and one need only read some of his seminars (cf. deleuze.cla.purdue.edu) to see how important literary references were to his conception of philosophy. Bogue does a superb job of facilitating our understanding of these intersections.