Aestheticism and Deconstruction: Pater, Derrida, and de Man
Jonathan Loesberg
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Hardback. Current date of publication from iPage.IngramContent.com. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 514.
Considered an exemplar of Art-for-Art's Sake in Victorian art and literature, Walter Pater (1839-1894) was co-opted as a standard bearer for the cult of hedonism by Oscar Wilde, and this version of aestheticism has since been used to attack deconstruction. Here Jonathan Loesberg boldly uses Pater's important work on society and culture, Studies in the History of the Renaissance (1873), to argue that the habitual dismissal of deconstruction as aestheticist fails to recognize the genuine philosophic point and political engagement within aestheticism. Reading Jacques Derrida and Paul de Man in light of Pater's Renaissance, Loesberg begins ... Read more
Considered an exemplar of Art-for-Art's Sake in Victorian art and literature, Walter Pater (1839-1894) was co-opted as a standard bearer for the cult of hedonism by Oscar Wilde, and this version of aestheticism has since been used to attack deconstruction. Here Jonathan Loesberg boldly uses Pater's important work on society and culture, Studies in the History of the Renaissance (1873), to argue that the habitual dismissal of deconstruction as aestheticist fails to recognize the genuine philosophic point and political engagement within aestheticism. Reading Jacques Derrida and Paul de Man in light of Pater's Renaissance, Loesberg begins ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Princeton Legacy Library
Condition
New
Weight
513 g
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691635774
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V9780691635774
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Reviews for Aestheticism and Deconstruction: Pater, Derrida, and de Man
[C]hallenging and provocative ... By connecting aestheticism (represented by Pater) with deconstruction (represented by Derrida and de Man) he wants to defend both from charges commonly made against them.
Nineteenth-Century Prose
Nineteenth-Century Prose