Double Reading : Postmodernism after Deconstruction / Jeffrey T. Nealon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nealon, Jeffrey T., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--20th century--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

American literature.

Deconstruction.

Postmodernism (Literature)--United States.

Postmodernism (Literature).

Philosophy.

Local Subjects:

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Deconstruction, it seems, is dead. Its death, according to Jeffrey T. Nealon, is commonly attributed either to suicide-a direct result of its own decline into a formalism it was supposed to remedy-or to murder at the hands of the New Historicists. Looking beyond its presumed demise, Nealon sees its insights as continuing to figure importantly in postmodernist critical debates.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

1. "In the Interests of Professionalism''

2. The Discipline of Deconstruction

3. Exteriority and Appropriation: Foucault, Derrida, and the Discipline of Literary Criticism

4. Theorizing the Postmodern: At the End of Metaphysics

5. Gravity's Rainbow and the Postmodern Other

6. Politics, Poetics, and Institutions: "Language" Poetry

7. By Way of a Conclusion: Three Words for Derrida

Works Cited

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781501744716

1501744712

OCLC:

1129181912