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Jean Ricardou
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Paperback. Translator(s): Stump, Jordan. Series: French Literature Series. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 136 x 10. Weight in Grams: 174.
Which came first, words or things? Are your words yours, or someone else's? And what do the Crusades have to do with it? And what do ants have to do with it? Jean Ricardou has been given something of a bad rap: he's widely seen as a difficult writer, or worse yet, as an intensely serious one. However, he easily sheds this weighty reputation in his hilariously playful new novel about the notoriously complex world of literary theory. Supplying his readers with everything they need to know to navigate this world, Ricardou uses his own irreverent interpretation of deconstructive theory ... Read more
Which came first, words or things? Are your words yours, or someone else's? And what do the Crusades have to do with it? And what do ants have to do with it? Jean Ricardou has been given something of a bad rap: he's widely seen as a difficult writer, or worse yet, as an intensely serious one. However, he easily sheds this weighty reputation in his hilariously playful new novel about the notoriously complex world of literary theory. Supplying his readers with everything they need to know to navigate this world, Ricardou uses his own irreverent interpretation of deconstructive theory ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Condition
New
Series
French Literature Series
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Normal, IL, United States
ISBN
9781564784780
SKU
9781564784780
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About Jean Ricardou
Jean Ricardou is a French writer and theorist of the nouveau roman literary movement. Between 1962 and 1971, Ricardou was on the editorial board of French avant-garde journal Tel Quel
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