Critical Writings, 1953-1978 (Theory and History of Literature, Vol. 66) (Volume 66)

This volume brings together 25 essays and reviews by Paul De Man, Sterling Professor of Literature,Yale University MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict Contents 6 Preface 8 Introduction 10 Montaigne and Transcendence (1953) 78 The Inward Generation (1955) 87 Poetic Nothingness: On a Hermetic Sonnet by Mallarmé (1955) 93 The Temptation of Permanence (1955) 105 Keats and Hölderlin (1956) 116 Situation of the Novel (1956) 136 Process and Poetry (1956) 139 Thematic Criticism and the Theme of Faust (1957) 151 A New Vitalism: Harold Bloom (1962) 165 Giraudoux (1963) 172 Heidegger Reconsidered (1964) 177 Spacecritics: J. Hillis Miller and Joseph Frank (1964) 182 Sartre's Confessions (1964) 191 A Modern Master: Jorge Luís Borges (1964) 198 Whatever Happened to André Gide? (1965) 205 What Is Modern? (1965) 212 The Mask of Albert Camus (1965) 220 Modern Poetics in France and Germany (1965) 228 The Literature of Nihilism (1966) 236 Madame de Staël and Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1966) 246 Introduction to the Poetry of John Keats (1966) 254 The Riddle of Hölderlin (1970) 273 Jacques Derrida, Of Grammatology (1970) 289 Foreword to Carol Jacobs, The Dissimulating Harmony (1978) 293 Sources 302 Index 306 A 306 B 307 C 308 D 309 E 309 F 310 G 311 H 311 I 312 J 313 K 313 L 313 M 314 N 315 O 316 P 316 Q 317 R 317 S 318 T 319 U 320 V 320 W 320 Y 321 Z 321 Content: Montaigne and transcendence (1953) -- The inward generation (1955) -- Poetic nothingness: on a hermetic sonnet by Mallarmé (1955) -- The temptation of permanence (1955) -- Keats and Hölderlin (1956) -- Situation of the novel (1956) -- Process and poetry (1956) -- Thematic criticism and the theme of Faust (1957) -- A new vitalism: Harold Bloom (1962) -- Giraudoux (1963) -- Heidegger reconsidered (1964) -- Spacecritics: J. Hillis Miller and Joseph Frank (1964) -- Sartre's confessions (1964) -- A modern master: Jorge Luis Borges (1964) -- Whatever happened to André Gide? (1965) -- What is modern? (1965) -- The mask of Albert Camus (1965) -- Modern poetics in France and Germany (1965) -- The literature of nihilism (1966) -- Madame de Staël and Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1966) -- Introduction to the poetry of John Keats (1966) -- The riddle of Hölderlin (1970) -- Jacques Derrida, Of grammatology (1970) -- Foreword to Carol Jacobs, The dissimulating harmony (1978). Twenty-five essays and reviews, not available in earlier collections of de Man's work. His subjects include the work of Montaigne, Rousseau, Keats, Goethe, Holderlin, Baudelaire, Mallarme, Sartre, Gide, and Camus. Paul De Man ; Edited And With An Introduction By Lindsay Waters. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.