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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823595603321

Autore

McQuillan Martin

Titolo

Paul de Man / / Martin McQuillan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Routledge, 2001

ISBN

0-8153-1783-2

1-134-60910-8

9786610354573

0-203-18959-0

1-134-60911-6

1-280-35457-7

0-203-18337-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

x, 143 p

Collana

Routledge critical thinkers

Disciplina

801.95092

Soggetti

Deconstruction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

chapter 1 Literary language and misreading -- chapter 2 Rhetoric, reading and deconstruction -- chapter 3 Deconstruction as an experience of the impossible -- chapter 4 Disfiguration, defacement and autobiography -- chapter 5 Politics, philosophy and the figural -- chapter 6 Responsibility and authorship: De Man's wartime journalism -- De Man's wart ime journal ism.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explains why De Man is such an important voice, detailing his critical position, exploring his intellectual and historical contexts, tracing the influence of his work and enabling readers to undertake independent study of his criticism.