Acts of Literature
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| Author | Jacques Derrida |
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| Subject | Literature |
| Published | 1991 |
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| Pages | 472 |
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).
Editions
References
- Review by Nick Groom (1995) The Modern Language Review, Vol. 90, No. 3 (Jul., 1995), pp. 726–728 doi:10.2307/3734331
- Wheeler, Kathleen M. (September 1993). "Review". Journal of European Studies.
- Burns, Christy (October 1999). "Joyce's significance for Derrida". Novel: A Forum on Fiction. Archived from the original on March 26, 2009 – via FindArticles.
- Roughley, ALAN (1999) Reading Derrida Reading Joyce (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1999), p. 176
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