Madness, Language, Literature

Michel Foucault (1926–84) was a French philosopher and historian who held the Chair of the History of Systems of Thought at the Collège de France. His many books in English include The Order of Things, Discipline and Punish, The History of Sexuality, and “Discourse and Truth” and “Parrēsia,” the latter also published by the University of Chicago Press. Henri-Paul Fruchaud is an editor of Michel Foucault’s posthumous works. Daniele Lorenzini is associate professor of philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania. Judith Revel is professor of contemporary philosophy at Paris Nanterre University. Robert Bononno is a freelance translator who lives in New York.

• A Note on the TextIntroduction by Judith RevelLectures and Writings on Madness, Language, and Literature1. Madness and Civilization2. Madness and Civilization (Presentation Given at the Club Tahar Haddad, Tunis, April 1967)3. Madness and Society4. Literature and Madness (Madness in Baroque Theater and the Theater of Artaud)5. Literature and Madness (Madness in the Work of Raymond Roussel)6. Phenomenological Experience: Experience in Bataille7. The New Methods of Literary Analysis8. Literary Analysis9. Structuralism and Literary Analysis (Presentation Given at the Club Tahar Haddad, Tunis, February 4, 1967)10. [The Extralinguistic and Literature]11. Literary Analysis and Structuralism12. Bouvard and Pécuchet: The Two Temptations13. The Search for the AbsoluteNotesIndex

"Lest these familiar Foucauldian themes leave readers feeling there is nothing new here, Judith Revel’s nuanced, judicious introduction highlights 'four differences' in apparent contrast to Foucault as he has been received."