| The Wild Card of Reading: On Paul de Man Contributor(s): Gasché, Rodolphe (Author) |
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ISBN: 0674952960 ISBN-13: 9780674952966 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $42.57 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1998 Annotation: One of the most knowledgeable and provocative explicators of Paul de Man's writings, Rodolphe Gasch& eacute;, a philosopher by training, demonstrates for the first time the systematic coherence of the critic's work, insisting that de Man continues to merit close attention despite his notoriously difficult and obscure style. Gasch& eacute; shows that de Man's "reading" centers on a dimension of the texts that is irreducible to any possible meaning, a dimension characterized by the "absolutely singular." Given that de Man and Derrida are both termed deconstructionists, Gasch& eacute; differentiates between the two by emphasizing Derrida's primary interest in "writing," and postulates that the best way to come to terms with de Man's works is to "read" them athwart the writings of Kant, Fichte, Hegel, Heidegger, and Derrida. He shows his respect for the "immanent logic" of de Man's thought--which he lays out in great detail--while revealing his uneasiness at the oddness of that thought and its consequences. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: 801.950 |
| LCCN: 97-42400 |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.17" W x 9.2" (0.91 lbs) 610 pages |
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| Publisher Description: One of the most knowledgeable and provocative explicators of Paul de Man's writings, Rodolphe Gasché, a philosopher by training, demonstrates for the first time the systematic coherence of the critic's work, insisting that de Man continues to merit close attention despite his notoriously difficult and obscure style. Gasché shows that de Man's reading centers on a dimension of the texts that is irreducible to any possible meaning, a dimension characterized by the absolutely singular. Given that de Man and Derrida are both termed deconstructionists, Gasché differentiates between the two by emphasizing Derrida's primary interest in writing, and postulates that the best way to come to terms with de Man's works is to read them athwart the writings of Kant, Fichte, Hegel, Heidegger, and Derrida. He shows his respect for the immanent logic of de Man's thought--which he lays out in great detail--while revealing his uneasiness at the oddness of that thought and its consequences. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gasche, Rodolphe: - Rodolphe Gasché is Eugenio Donato Professor of Comparative Literature at the State University of New York at Buffalo. |