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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