7. The Possibility of Speculative Writing

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Abbreviations ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction: Abstract and Concrete Modernity 1
6. PART I. Contre- Temps
7. 1. Autonomous Literature 29
8. 2. The Obscurities of Artistic Innovation 58
9. PART II. Negative Spaces
10. 3. Dead Transcendence 93
11. 4. An Image of Thought in Thomas l’Obscur 114
12. 5. Indifferent Reading in Aminadab 135
13. PART III. Material Ambiguity
14. 6. The Language-Like Quality of the Artwork 161
15. 7. The Possibility of Speculative Writing 191
16. PART IV. Grey Literature
17. 8. Echo Location 223
18. 9. The Negativity of Thinking through Language 241
19. Appendix: Thomas l’Obscur, Chapter 1 255
20. Notes 263
21. Bibliography 299
22. Index 313