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Deconstruction - Derrida contests the notion that what Jacques Derrida does can be turned into a theory for literary interpretation. It also questions the idea that there is a critical methodology called deconstruction which can be applied to literary texts in a programmatic fashion. In this introductory study to the work of Jacques Derrida, Julian Wolfreys introduces the reader to a range of Derrida's interests and concerns, while offering readings, informed by Derrida's thought, of canonical and less well-known literary works.
Table of Contents
Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART 1: THE MAKE-BELIEVE OF A BEGINNING
Another Introduction/Entamer
Preparatory to Anything Else: Derrida's Interests
PART 2: PREPARATORY TO ANYTHING ELSE: SINGULAR EXAMPLES OR, IDENTITY, SPECTRALITY, UNDECIDABILITY
Writing (of) Identities: Facing up to Derrida or, the example of Paul Valery
The Hauntological Example: the City as the Haunt of Writing in the Texts of Iain Sinclair
Heart? of Darkness? Reading in the Dark with J.Hillis Miller and Joseph Conrad
PART 3: SOME SUPPLEMENTARY AFTERWORD
Afterword(s): Contrary to the 'Logic of the Heading'
Annotated Bibliography
Bibliography
Index.
Product details
Published | 22 Jun 1998 |
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Format | Paperback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 256 |
ISBN | 9780333687772 |
Imprint | Red Globe Press |
Dimensions | Not specified |
Series | Transitions |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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