Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Translator's Note ix
4. Reading Kafka 1
5. Kafkaand Literature 12
6. The Myth of Mallarmé 27
7. Mystery in Literature 43
8. The Paradox of Aytré 61
9. The Language of Fiction 74
10. Reflections on Surrealism 85
11. René Char 98
12. The "Sacred" Speech of Hölderlin 111
13. Baudelaire's Failure 132
14. The Sleep of Rim baud 153
15. From Lautréamont to Miller 162
16. Translated From ... 176
17. The Novels of Sartre 191
18. A Note on Malraux 208
19. Gide and the Literature of Experience 212
20. Adolphe, or the Misfortune of True Feelings 226
21. Gazes from Beyond the Grave 244
22. Pascal's Hand 256
23. Valéry and Faust 271
24. On Nietzsche's Side 287
25. Literature and the Right to Death 300