{"product_id":"the-yale-critics-jonathan-arac-9780816612062","title":"The Yale Critics: Deconstruction in America Volume 6","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Yale Critics\u003c\/i\u003e was first published in 1983. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA heated debate has been raging in North America in recent years over the form and function of literature. At the center of the fray is a group of critics teaching at Yale University-Harold Bloom, Geoffrey Hartman, Paul de Man, and J. Hillis Miller-whose work can be described in relation to the deconstructive philosophy practiced by French philosopher Jacques Derrida. For over a decade the Yale Critics have aroused controversy; most often they are considered as a group, to be applauded or attacked, rather than as individuals whose ideas merit critical scrutiny. Here a new generation of scholars attempts for the first time a serious, broad assessment of the Yale group. These essays appraise the Yale Critics by exploring their roots, their individual careers, and the issues they introduce.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWallace Martin's introduction offers a brilliant, compact account of the Yale Critics and of their relation to deconstruction and the deconstruction to two characteristically Anglo-American enterprises; Paul Bove explores the new criticism and Wlad Godzich the reception of Derrida in America. Next come essays giving individual attention to each of the critics: Michael Sprinker on Hartman, Donald Pease on Miller, Stanley Corngold on de Man, and Daniel O'Hara on Bloom. Two essays then illuminate \"deconstruction in America\" through a return to modern continental philosophy: Donald Marshall on Maurice Blanchot, and Rodolphe Gasche on Martin Heidegger. Finally, Jonathan Arac's afterword brings the volume together and projects a future beyond the Yale Critics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThroughout, the contributors aim to provide a balanced view of a subject that has most often been treated polemically. While useful as an introduction, \u003ci\u003eThe Yale Critics\u003c\/i\u003e also engages in a serious critical reflection on the uses of the humanities in American today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Arac\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816612064\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816612062\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/18\/1983\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.55d","brand":"Jonathan Arac","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46838266364159,"sku":"9780816612062","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_950dc236-039b-47bf-8cbf-c49283e10f6e.jpg?v=1746589303","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-yale-critics-jonathan-arac-9780816612062","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}