Theory At Yale - The Strange Case of Deconstruction in America

This book examines the affinity between the notions of ¿theory¿ and ¿deconstruction¿ that developed in the American academy in the 1970s by way of a semi-fictional collective, the ¿Yale Critics¿: Harold Bloom, Paul de Man, Geoffrey Hartman, and J. Hillis Miller, in association with the French philosopher Jacques Derrida.

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Marc Redfield

Summary

This book examines the affinity between the notions of “theory” and “deconstruction” that developed in the American academy in the 1970s by way of a semi-fictional collective, the “Yale Critics”: Harold Bloom, Paul de Man, Geoffrey Hartman, and J. Hillis Miller, in association with the French philosopher Jacques Derrida.

Product details

• Authors: Marc Redfield
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2015
• EAN: 9780823268672
• ISBN: 978-0-8232-6867-2
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Lit Z FUP; Lit Z; Lit Z
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies