After Derrida (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781108444521)

This collection of essays explores the main concepts and methods of reading launched by French philosopher Jacques Derrida who died in 2004. Derrida exerted a huge influence on literary critics in the 1980s, but later there was a backlash against his theories. Today, one witnesses a general return to his way of reading literature, the rationale of which is detailed and explained in the essays. The authors, both well-known and younger specialists, give many precise examples of how Derrida, who always remained at the cusp between literature and philosophy, posed fundamental questions and thus changed the field of literary criticism, especially with regard to poetry. The contributors also highlight the way Derrida made spectacular interventions in feminism, psychoanalytic studies, animal studies, digital humanities and post-colonial studies.

Author: Jean-Michel Rabaté
ISBN-10: 1108444520
ISBN-13: 9781108444521
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/31/2018
Pages: 244
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 8.97h x 6.09w x 0.59d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2018