The Skeptic Disposition : Deconstruction, Ideology, and Other Matters /

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Eugene Goodheart examines the skeptic disposition that has informed advanced literary discourse over the past generation, arguing that the targets of deconstructive suspicion are fundamental humanistic values. ""[This book] is a fair-minded, generous critique of the deconstructionist theor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goodheart, Eugene
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [1991]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Skepticism.
Deconstruction.
Criticism.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Deconstructivist.
Critique > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Scepticisme.
Criticism > History > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. Criticism at the Present Time
  • 2. The Transcendental Site: From Heaven to Earth
  • 3. Roland Barthes and the Monster of Totality
  • 4. Reading with/out a Text
  • 5. Discourse without Foundation
  • 6. A Question of Meaning
  • 7. Literature as Play
  • CONCLUSION: Deconstruction and Social Criticism
  • AFTERWORD
  • INDEX
  • Backmatter.

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