Derrida, Heidegger, Blanchot: Sources of Derrida's Notion and Practice of Literature

by Timothy Clark and Timothy Clark

Book Overview

Jacques Derrida is undoubtedly one of the foremost figures in the development of twentienth-century literary theory. The school of 'deconstruction' that has grown out of his work has been either absorbed into the corpus of modern literary theory, or criticized for its departures from the original texts of Derrida in whose name it is practised. Timothy Clark's innovative book traces instead sources of Derrida's practice of 'literature' as a form of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521057795
• ISBN13: 9780521057790
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"