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Against Deconstruction /

"The focus of any genuinely new piece of criticism or interpretation must be on the creative act of finding the new, but deconstruction puts the matter the other way around: its emphasis is on debunking the old. But aside from the fact that this program is inherently uninteresting, it is, in fa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ellis, John M. (John Martin), 1936-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1989.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"The focus of any genuinely new piece of criticism or interpretation must be on the creative act of finding the new, but deconstruction puts the matter the other way around: its emphasis is on debunking the old. But aside from the fact that this program is inherently uninteresting, it is, in fact, not at all clear that it is possible. ... [T]he naivete of the crowd is deconstruction's very starting point, and its subsequent move is as much an emotional as an intellectual leap to a position that feels different as much in the one way as the other. . . ."--The book
Physical Description:1 online resource.
ISBN:9780691186177