Derrida's Writing and difference
Subtitle: a reader's guide
By: Sarah Wood.
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780826491916; 9780826491923
Subjects: Derrida, Jacques; Philosophy
Description: Writing and Difference is one of Jacques Derrida's most widely read and studied books. In a collection of essays that engage with literature, history, poetry, dramaturgy, psychoanalysis, ethnology and structuralism, Derrida demonstrates how philosophy and literature might be read, and revolutionizes our understanding of writing, difference and life itself. This introduction is the ideal companion to an unprecedented and influential group of texts
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Context; title: Overview of themes; title: Reading the text; title: Reception and influence.