Deconstructive Criticism: An Advanced Introduction

Vincent B. Leitch

ISBN 10: 0231054734 / ISBN 13: 9780231054737

Edité par Columbia University Press, 1983

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Bright & tight paperback copy, unread, in Good+ condition. 4th printing. "What is deconstructive theory? Why is everyone talking about 'text' and 'interpretation' in a new way? Why do the explanations of the famous forerunners of the movement--as well as their followers--seem obscure if not hopelessly opaque? [] In DECONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM: AN ADVANCED INTRODUCTION, Vincent B. Leitch provides the as-yet-uninitiated reader with a lucid and comprehensive understanding of established thought and the work currently being done in the field. Leitch addresses questions posed by the major figures--Saussure, Lacan, Levi-Strauss, Heidegger, Derrida, Barthes, Foucault--then penetrates and displays the subtle intricacies of their answers. Concise in-depth analyses, surveys of historical background, and helpful overviews make DECONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM the ideal prelude to the study of deconstructive theory." [] "DECONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM neither vulgarizes and oversimplifies deconstruction, nor protects it for an elite, and this is indeed a substantial achievement."--Terry Eagleton. "Leitch does not fear the mysteries of 'deconstruction' but provides in his sprightly, fair-minded and comprehensive book an advanced primer for non-initiates."--Geoffrey Hartman. Nice Good+ paperback w/brilliant corners & crisp edges--though its fore edge has some foxing--a square & tight binding w/no creases in spine & no age toning on pages.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Deconstructive Criticism: An Advanced Introduction
• Éditeur: Columbia University Press
• Date de parution: 1983
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0231054734
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780231054737
• Reliure: Soft cover
• État de l'article: Good

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Synopsis

The ideal prelude to the study of deconstructive theory for the as-yet-uninitiated reader. Leitch uses in-depth analyses, surveys of historical background, and helpful overviews to address the questions posed by the major figures--Saussure, Lacan, Levi-Strauss, Heidegger, Derrida, Barthes Foucault--then penetrates and displays the subtle intricacies of their answers.

À propos de l?auteur

Vincent B. Leitch is professor of English at Purdue University and author of Cultural Criticism, Literary Theory, Poststructuralism and American Literary Criticism from the Thirties to the Eighties, both from Columbia University Press