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When it is done well, deconstructive criticism can be a pleasure to read, as it is in the case of Barbara Johnson. Her discussions of the reading process... are patient, ingenious, and persuasive.
When it is done well, deconstructive criticism can be a pleasure to read, as it is in the case of Barbara Johnson. Her discussions of the reading process... are patient, ingenious, and persuasive.
Book Details
Opening Remarks
Part I. Sexuality and Difference
Chapter 1. The Critical Difference: BartheS/BalZac
Chapter 2. Allegory's Trip-Tease: The White Waterlily
Part II. Poetry and Difference
Chapter 3. Poetry
Opening Remarks
Part I. Sexuality and Difference
Chapter 1. The Critical Difference: BartheS/BalZac
Chapter 2. Allegory's Trip-Tease: The White Waterlily
Part II. Poetry and Difference
Chapter 3. Poetry and Its Double: Two invitations au voyage
Chapter 4. Poetry and Performative Language: Mallarme and Austin
Chapter 5. Poetry and Syntax: What the Gypsy Knew
Part III. Difference in the Act
Chapter 6. Melville's Fist: The Execution of Billy Budd
Chapter 7. The Frame of Reference: Poe, Lacan, Derrida
Notes
Index