Serenity in Crisis: A Preface to Paul de Man, 1939-1960

by Ortwin De Graef and Ortwin Degraef

A polymath well versed in European literature and philosophy, one of the founders of deconstruction, and a widely respected teacher, Paul de Man brought unprecedented attention and acclaim to the so-called Yale Critics. His fame was at a zenith when he died suddenly in 1983. A few years later, Ortwin de Graef found the de Man had written for the collaborationist press during the Nazi occupation, a discovery that ignited an international reassessment...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803216947
• ISBN13: 9780803216945
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.