Against deconstruction / John M. Ellis.
""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,...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
[1989]
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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 nai;vet- 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. . . ." --From the book"--Publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 168 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-165) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0691067546 9780691067544 0691014841 9780691014845 |