From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Acts of Literature
Cover of the first edition
Author Jacques Derrida
Subject Literature
Published1991
Media typePrint
Pages472

Acts of Literature is a 1991 philosophical and literary book based on essays by the French philosopher Jacques Derrida. The book is the first collection of Derrida's essays on Western-culture literary texts. Derek Attridge edited the book in close association with Derrida himself.

Summary

Derrida discusses authors such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Stéphane Mallarmé, James Joyce, William Shakespeare, and Franz Kafka.

Influence

A part highly cited by scholars is the chapter dedicated to James Joyce: ‘Ulysses’ Gramophone: Hear Say Yes In Joyce. (pp. 253–309).[ citation needed]

Editions

  • 1st edition published by Routledge, November 20, 1991. ISBN  978-0-415-90057-7.

References

  • Review by Nick Groom (1995) The Modern Language Review, Vol. 90, No. 3 (Jul., 1995), pp. 726–728 doi: 10.2307/3734331
  • Review by Wheeler, Kathleen M. Journal of European Studies, September, 1993
  • Burns, Christy (1999) Joyce's significance for Derrida Novel: A Forum on Fiction, Fall 1999
  • Roughley, ALAN (1999) Reading Derrida Reading Joyce (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1999), p. 176
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Acts of Literature
Cover of the first edition
Author Jacques Derrida
Subject Literature
Published1991
Media typePrint
Pages472

Acts of Literature is a 1991 philosophical and literary book based on essays by the French philosopher Jacques Derrida. The book is the first collection of Derrida's essays on Western-culture literary texts. Derek Attridge edited the book in close association with Derrida himself.

Summary

Derrida discusses authors such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Stéphane Mallarmé, James Joyce, William Shakespeare, and Franz Kafka.

Influence

A part highly cited by scholars is the chapter dedicated to James Joyce: ‘Ulysses’ Gramophone: Hear Say Yes In Joyce. (pp. 253–309).[ citation needed]

Editions

  • 1st edition published by Routledge, November 20, 1991. ISBN  978-0-415-90057-7.

References

  • Review by Nick Groom (1995) The Modern Language Review, Vol. 90, No. 3 (Jul., 1995), pp. 726–728 doi: 10.2307/3734331
  • Review by Wheeler, Kathleen M. Journal of European Studies, September, 1993
  • Burns, Christy (1999) Joyce's significance for Derrida Novel: A Forum on Fiction, Fall 1999
  • Roughley, ALAN (1999) Reading Derrida Reading Joyce (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1999), p. 176

Videos

Youtube | Vimeo | Bing

Websites

Google | Yahoo | Bing

Encyclopedia

Google | Yahoo | Bing

Facebook