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Post-Structuralism and the Question of History

Robert Young editor Derek Attridge editor Geoff Bennington editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:11th May '89

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This collection of essays focuses on the relation between post-structuralist and historical literary theory.

This collection of essays is unique in focusing on this central debate in literary studies today: the relation between post-structuralist and historical (especially Marxist) literary theory and criticism.Recent developments in literary theory (such as structuralism and deconstruction) have come under attack for ignoring history, while historically based approaches have been criticised for failing to take account of the problems inherent in their methodological foundations. This collection of essays is unique in focusing on this central debate in literary studies today: the relation between post-structuralist and historical (especially Marxist) literary theory and criticism. The volume includes a deconstructive reading of Marx, essays which relate history to the philosophical and institutional context, and a number of studies of particular texts, literary theory with particular force.

ISBN: 9780521367806

Dimensions: 216mm x 139mm x 18mm

Weight: 455g

304 pages