Dear Orlando...I don't know which book that particular quote
is in, but I know there is an essay called 'Foucault's art
of seeing' in Philosophical Events: Essays of the 80's' J.
Rajchman...this may have a reference that will lead to what
you are looking for! I would be interested in the reference
if you find it out!
Jane Webb
University of Wolverhampton
On Fri, 19 Feb 1999 03:51:52 -0300 orlando <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've already seem some comments made by Michel Foucault about the "gothic"
> novel (or the "roman noir" as generaly say the French) in the context of the
> Enlightenment. I remember that the subject was mentioned in the chapter X of
> "Histoire de la Folie à l'Âge Classique".
>
> Last week I found a very interesting quotation about Foucault and the
> gothic, but I just can't find out its origin. I ask you for some help to
> know which is the book where it is located. I don't know if it is from a
> book or from an article by Foucault called "The Eye of the Power".
>
> The complete quotation is as follows:
>
> "A fear haunted the latter half of the eighteenth century: the fear of the
> darkened spaces, of the pall of gloom which prevents the full visibility of
> things, men and truth... The landscapes of Ann Radcliffe's novels are
> composed of mountains and forests, caves, ruined castles and terrifyingly
> dark and silent convents. Now these imaginary spaces are like the negative
> of the transparency and visibility which it is aimed to stablish... A form
> of power whose main instance is opinion will refuse to tolerate areas of
> darkness." [M. Foucault. "The Eye of the Power"]
>
> Thanks for the attention,
>
>
> Orlando Ferreira
> Universidade de Campinas
> São Paulo/Brasil
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