description: Can literary history be written after the deconstruction of "the subject"? In a bold and insightful response to that question, Jay looks at how recent work in philosophy, literary theory, Marxism, the New Historicism, African-American criticism, and gender studies has helped to redefine the relations between writing, history, and subjectivity.
language: English
title: America the Scrivener: Deconstruction and the Subject of Literary History
titlecomplete: America the Scrivener: Deconstruction and the Subject of Literary History
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Cornell Univ Pr