
Jacques Derrida and Paul de Man - Letters, 1968-1983
Edinburgh University Press
Will be published approx. on 31. January 2027
Book
Hardback
216 pages
978-1-3995-4333-0 (ISBN)
Description
Spanning sixteen years, these letters chart a profound intellectual friendship at the heart of deconstruction, traversing philosophy, literature and the institutional life of theory from Yale to Paris. The exchange offers new insights into the private and professional worlds of Derrida and de Man as they navigate their writing, teaching and the intellectual crises of their era. Previously unseen material redefines our understanding of the Derrida-de Man relationship and illuminates the development of late-twentieth-century critical theory at its pivotal moment. Transcribed and translated with scholarly apparatus and a substantial contextual introduction, this volume is essential for understanding the evolution of modern thought and the ethics of reading and friendship.
Reviews / Votes
The letters of Derrida and de Man are undramatic yet compelling, imaginatively intriguing and strangely moving. They provide a fresh and intimate perspective on an important period of postwar intellectual history. For anyone interested in the history of deconstruction or poststructuralism, or the work of Derrida and de Man, this volume will be indispensable. -- Nicholas Royle, University of SussexMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-3995-4333-0 (9781399543330)
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Persons
Paul de Man (1919-83) was the Sterling Professor of French and Comparative Literature at Yale University. He is the author of some of the most important works of literary theory and deconstruction including Blindness and Insight, Allegories of Reading, The Rhetoric of Romanticism, and Aesthetic Ideology. Patricia de Man is daughter of Paul and Patricia de Man. She undertook graduate work at Yale University and was a rare book librarian at the Yale Centre for British Art. She has taught at Yale and Bennington College and is now an independent scholar and translator. Martin McQuillan is a multi-award-winning filmmaker, journalist and writer. He is the editor of several texts by Paul de Man, including The Post-Romantic Predicament and The Paul de Man Notebooks. He teaches in the Sound/Image Cinema Lab at Falmouth University. Kevin Newmark teaches literature and literary theory at Boston College. Between 1978 and 1984, he was a graduate student at Yale University, where he studied with both Paul de Man and Jacques Derrida. Marc Redfield is Florence Pirce Grant University Professor of English and Comparative Literature and Professor of German at Brown University. His most recent book is Shibboleth: Judges, Derrida, Celan (2021). He is completing a book titled Homeless Hospitality: Kant, Kafka, Lispector. Bruno Penteado is Assistant Professor of French at Texas Tech University. He has published on the intersections of continental philosophy and modern French literature Sonja Stojanovic is Associate Professor of French at Texas Tech University, USA. She is the author of Mind the Ghost: Thinking Memory and the Untimely through Contemporary Fiction in French (2023).
Founded by
Formerly Sterling Professor of French and Comparative LiteratureYale University
Editor
Yale University
multi-award-winning filmmaker, journalist and writerFalmouth University
Teacher of LiteratureBoston College
Florence Pirce Grant University Professor of English and Comparative Literature and Professor of German StudiesBrown University
Translation
Assistant Professor of FrenchTexas Tech University
Associate Professor of FrenchTexas Tech University
Content
Series Editor's Preface
Acknowledgements
Notes on Editors and Translators
Introduction: 'Ineffaceable Friendship'
Correspondence
Appendix
Notes on Letters
Index
Acknowledgements
Notes on Editors and Translators
Introduction: 'Ineffaceable Friendship'
Correspondence
Appendix
Notes on Letters
Index