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Derrida and the Future of Literature (SUNY series, Intersections: Philosophy and Critical Theory) - Softcover

Kronick, Joseph G.

 
9780791443361: Derrida and the Future of Literature (SUNY series, Intersections: Philosophy and Critical Theory)

Synopsis

Confirms the importance of literature in Derrida's development of a postmodern ethics.

Presented here is the fullest account to date of Derrida's unconventional understanding of literature and its importance to the development of a poststructural ethics. Kronick explains why Derrida has had such a great impact upon literary studies, and at the same time, he demonstrates how different Derrida's conception of literature is from the literary critic's. Focusing on such key topics as singularity, justice, law, aporia, and the event, this book explores the unexpected ways literature appears in Derrida's works and is tied to his major concepts.

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About the Author

Joseph G. Kronick is Professor of English at Louisiana State University. He is the author of American Poetics of History: From Emerson to the Moderns and coeditor (with Bainard Cowan) of Theorizing American Literature: Hegel, the Sign, and History.

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