Author : Derek Attridge
Release : 1987
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Post-Structuralism and the Question of History by : Derek Attridge
Download or read book Post-Structuralism and the Question of History written by Derek Attridge. This book was released on 1987. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent developments in literary theory, such as structuralism and deconstruction, have come under attack for neglecting history, while historically-based approaches have been criticized for failing to take account of the problems inherent in their methodological foundations. This collection of essays is unique in that it focuses on the relation between post-structuralism and historical (especially Marxist) literary theory and criticism. The volume includes a deconstructive reading of Marx, essays that relate history to the philosophical and institutional context, and a number of studies of particular texts, literary and non-literary, which pose the question of history and literary theory with particular force.