Table des matières

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Prologue

I. L’Histoire et l’éthique/Westian Ethics

David Madden

The Westian World of Fiction, or “The Immensity of the Here and Now”

Joseph F. Pestino

Abjection as Apocalypse/ Engagement as Salvation in the Work of Paul West

David Madden

“The Pressure of the Mind on Time”: Paul West and Postmodern Historiography

II. West et le langage/The Aesthetics of Language

Alfonso Lingis

Words and Wounds

• THE BODY’S MUSIC
• ANACLITIC DEVIATION
• THE PRIMARY VOCAL COMMUNICATION
• PAINFUL WORDS
• THE MEANING OF SUFFERING
• TELLING THE STORY
• THANKS

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Figures of Silence in Paul West’s Works of Fiction

• BREATHED WORDS/LIVING AND LETHAL VOICES
• (LETTER-)WRITING
• THE POTENTIALS OF WRITING
• THE FUNCTIONS OF SILENCE

III. Esthétiques de la lecture/The Aesthetics of Reading

Judith Roof

West of Beckett

Thomas B. Byers

Paul Ouest or The Vicissitudes of Literary Reception

IV. Témoignages et textes inédits de Paul West

Robert Lima

Mysterious Figures I: My Other Self

Robert Lima

Mysterious Figures II: The Other Paul West

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West’s Interview, Imaginary and Otherwise

• WHAT IS YOUR VISION OF THE AMERICAN LITERARY SCENE TODAY?
• WHY DID YOU EMIGRATE TO THE UNITED STATES?
• WHAT WAS YOUR MOTHER’S INFLUENCE UPON YOUR WORK?
• INTERIORITY
• RESPONSE TO A QUESTION ABOUT “DESIGN”
• LAST-MINUTE NOTE FROM PAUL WEST AFTER WATCHING BOXING ON TV

Paul West

Extract From Book: Goebbels Aloft February 2008

Further Mysterious Figures: West’s Notes

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Paul West Bibliography