The Derrida Reader

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by Jacques Derrida,

Edited by Julian Wolfreys

University of Nebraska Press

Due/Published August 1998, 320 pages, paper

ISBN 0803298072

The Derrida Reader draws together a number of Derrida's most interesting and idiosyncratic essays that treat literary language, the idea of the literary, and questions of poetics and poetry. The editor's introduction is a demonstration in practice of how Derrida reads and how he adapts the act of reading to the text or figure in question. The introduction also outlines each essay's main points, its usefulness for reading literary texts, and its particular area of interest.

"Julian Wolfreys presents here the most dazzling views yet of Derrida as 'radical rhetorician,' views arranged to keep us hopping from telescope to peep-hole to kaleidoscope. Wolfreys is a veteran introducer of and intruder into the writings of Derrida, which is good luck for us, since his introductions happily avoid providing linear paths to understanding and make available, instead, multiple routes leading to brain tingles and delight."--James R. Kincaid

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