The Cambridge Introduction to Jacques Derrida / Leslie Hill

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Type : Livre / Book

Langue / Language : anglais / English

ISBN : 978-0-521-86416-9

ISBN : 0-521-86416-X

ISBN : 978-0-521-68281-7

ISBN : 0-521-68281-9

Derrida -- Jacques -- 1930-2004 -- Critique et interprétation

Classification Dewey : 194

Collection : Cambridge introductions to literature / Cambridge (GB) : Cambridge university press , 200?-...

Résumé / Abstract : Few thinkers of the twentieth century have so profoundly and radically transformed our understanding of writing and literature as Jacques Derrida. This book provides an accessible introduction to Derrida's writings on literature which presupposes no prior knowledge of his work. It explores in detail Derrida's relationship to literature theory and criticism, and offers close readings of some of his best-known essays. This introduction will help those coming to Derrida's work for the first time, and suggests further directions to take in studying this hugely influential thinker. This book covers : Life, Contexts, Works, Reception. -4e de couv.