Titanic Light - Paul de Man's Post-Romanticism

Titanic Light concentrates on de Man's increased interest during the 1960s in Romantic (and post-Romantic) literature and criticism. De Graef follows in detail de Man's strong readings of the works of Holderlin, Rousseau, and Wordsworth. He connects de Man's interpretations of these and other writers with his earlier critical works and his later deconstructive writings. In addition, de Graef places de Man's essays from the 1960s (some later collected in the influential volume Blindness and Insight) in the context of the critical debates of that era - debate's about structuralism, Marxism, phenomenology, American New Criticism, and other critical schools.

About the author

Ortwin de Graef is a member of the English literature faculty at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. He is author of Serenity in Crisis (Nebraska 1993).

Summary

Examining Paul de Man's work from the 1960s, this book concentrates on his interest in Romantic literature and criticism. Following de Man's strong readings of the works of Holderlin, Rousseau, and Wordsworth, it connects his interpretations of these and other writers with his earlier critical works and his later deconstructive writings.

Product details

• Authors: Ortwin De Graef, Ortwin de Graef
• Publisher: Nebraska
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.1995
• EAN: 9780803216952
• ISBN: 978-0-8032-1695-2
• No. of pages: 289
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 236 mm x 33 mm
• Weight: 630 g
• Series: Texts and Contexts; Texts and Contexts; Texts & Contexts
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day