Singularities - Extremes of Theory in the Twentieth Century

Klappentext A series of rich readings of contemporary critical thought which questions the whole direction of literary theory. Zusammenfassung In Singularities! Thomas Pepper addresses the relationship between text! philosophical value! and critical difficulty. Through a rich sequence of nuanced close readings of especially demanding texts! this book addresses key moments in the work of seminal twentieth-century theorists! and questions the whole direction of contemporary critical thought. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface: truth or method; Introduction: Ode to X, or the essay as monstrosity; 1. Guilt by (un) free association: Adorno on Romance et al., with some notes on the Schlock experience; 2. Anamorphoses of grammar: Derrida on Heidegger; 3. Absolute constructions, an essay at Paul de Man; 4. Because the nights: Blanchots's Celui qui ne m'accompagnait pas; 5. Afterword: er, or borrowing from Peter to pay Paul: further notes on Celan's translation of Shakespeare's Sonnet 105.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Pepper, Thomas Adam Pepper, Thomas Adam (University of Miami) Pepper
• Assisted by: Anthony Cascardi (Editor), Richard Macksey (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.06.1997
• EAN: 9780521574785
• ISBN: 978-0-521-57478-5
• No. of pages: 267
• Series: Literature, Culture, Theory; Literature, Culture, Theory; Literature, Culture, Theory, S
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies