Theory at Yale : The Strange Case of Deconstruction in America.

Cover -- Contents -- Introduction: The Strange Case of "Theory" -- 1. Theory, Deconstruction, and the Yale Critics -- 2. Theory and Romantic Lyric: The Case of "A slumber did my spirit seal" -- 3. What Remains: Geoffrey Hartman and the Shock of Imagination -- 4. Literature, Incorporated: Harold Bloom, Theory, and the Canon -- 5. Professing Theory: Paul de Man and the Institution of Reading -- 6. Querying, Quarrying: Mark Tansey's Paintings of Theory's Grand Canyon -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y.

This book examines the affinity between the notions of "theory" and "deconstruction" that developed in the American academy in the 1970s by way of a semi-fictional collective, the "Yale Critics": Harold Bloom, Paul de Man, Geoffrey Hartman, and J. Hillis Miller, in association with the French philosopher Jacques Derrida.

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