Derrida

by Christopher Norris

Book Overview

Jacques Derrida (born 1930) is undoubtedly the single most influential figure in current Anglo-American literary theory. Yet many scholars and students, not to mention general readers, would be hard... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674198247
• Release Date: April 1988
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.8" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

Deconstructed

Norris offers an acute survey of Derrida's deconstructive project and tools. He also argues in Derrida's defense that American scholars who read Derrida as a proponent of a Barthe-like free-for-all are mistaken. The arguments are clear, and the text is relatively easy reading.