%0 Journal Article %A Khatab, Rhonda %A Salzani, Carlo %A Sestigiani, Sabina %A Vardoulakis, Dimitris %D 2017 %T Editorial %U https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/journal_contribution/Editorial/4986512 %R 10.4225/03/5921103a2e574 %2 https://bridges.monash.edu/ndownloader/files/8394128 %K Maurice Blanchot %K Colloquy special issue %K Editorial %K Literary Studies not elsewhere classified %X There is an element of obscurity in the title of this special issue of Colloquy: “Blanchot, the Obscure.” That element is due to the comma between the proper name and the adjective. Thus, “the Obscure” cannot be a straightforward epithet of the person or the work of the French author and critic Maurice Blanchot. Rather, the comma is meant to indicate a type of relationality that pertains between Blanchot and the obscure – moreover, an undecidable relationality. Thus, in this relation neither the name “Blanchot” nor the adjective “obscure” are to be approached with a pre-established security about their origin and destination. The comma indicates the fragile moment of hesitation before this conjunction of name and attribute. %I Monash University