Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-302) and index.
Contents:
Penelope's web -- Paul de Man and the politics of deconstruction -- Martin Heidegger and pagan gods -- Paul de Man and the poetics of prevarication -- French shame and the new theory -- Collaborators and deconstructors -- Deconstruction and the SS connection -- Marxism, humanism, and literature in the university -- And what are you, reader? -- Metaphors and structures -- Speech acts and the language of literature -- Postmodern or post-Auschwitz : the case of Poe -- Deconstruction and humanism after Auschwitz.
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