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Reading and Responsibility: Deconstruction´s Traces
Derek Attridge
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Description for Reading and Responsibility: Deconstruction´s Traces
Paperback. Newly available in paperback, this book traces a close engagement with Derrida's writing over two decades examining the relationship between deconstruction, literature and ethics. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 234 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300. Deconstruction's Traces. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. 192 pages. Newly available in paperback, this book traces a close engagement with Derrida's writing over two decades examining the relationship between deconstruction, literature and ethics. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF7. Dimension: 153 x 234 x 12. Weight: 300.
What is the importance of deconstruction, and the writing of Jacques Derrida in particular, for literary criticism today? Derek Attridge argues that the challenge of Derrida's work for our understanding of literature and its value has still not been fully met, and in this book, which traces a close engagement with Derrida's writing over two decades and reflects an interest in that work going back a further two decades, shows how that work can illuminate a variety of topics. Chapters include an overview of deconstruction as a critical practice today, discussions of the secret, postcolonialism, ethics, literary criticism, jargon, fiction, ... Read more
What is the importance of deconstruction, and the writing of Jacques Derrida in particular, for literary criticism today? Derek Attridge argues that the challenge of Derrida's work for our understanding of literature and its value has still not been fully met, and in this book, which traces a close engagement with Derrida's writing over two decades and reflects an interest in that work going back a further two decades, shows how that work can illuminate a variety of topics. Chapters include an overview of deconstruction as a critical practice today, discussions of the secret, postcolonialism, ethics, literary criticism, jargon, fiction, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
The Frontiers of Theory
Condition
New
Weight
299g
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748643189
SKU
V9780748643189
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About Derek Attridge
Derek Attridge is Professor of English at the University of York and a Fellow of the British Academy. He is the author or editor of numerous books on literary theory, James Joyce, poetic form, and South African writing. Born in South Africa, he has taught in Britain, the U.S.A., France, and Italy. He edited Jacques Derrida's Acts of Literature, and ... Read more
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