Eugene Goodheart examines the skeptic disposition that has
informed advanced literary discourse over the past generation,
arguing that the targets of deconstructive suspicion are
fundamental humanistic values. " This book] is a fair-minded,
generous critique of the deconstructionist theories of Jacques
Derrida, Paul de Man, and their followers. These writers have
argued that language is so inherently slippery it can never express
a speaker's intended meaning. The critic's role, in their view, is
to explore the contradictions, subtexts, and metaphorical byways of
works that may be most radically deceptive when they appear simple.
Critics have castigated this language-centered skepticism as a form
of nihilism geared to multiply numbingly similar readings of
already familiar texts. Mr. Goodheart's objection is more subtle.
He suggests that the philosophical orientation of deconstructive
critics leads them to overemphasize the tricky propositional sense
of words at the expense of the broader impact of literature--its
power to wound, thrill, or transform us."--Morris Dickstein, The
New York Times Book Review
Originally published in 1991.
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