This book is a commentary on the three most influential texts of Lacan, Derrida and Kristeva: "Ecrits", "Of Grammatology", and "Revolution in Poetic Language". These texts have reshaped current thought in psychoanalysis, philosophy, linguistics and literary and cultural theory. The purpose of this book is to illuminate the textual practices of these three theorists in the interest of making their texts more accessible to readers who will want to assess for themselves what the recent controversies over "theory" are about. In addition to the detailed discussions of the principal texts by Lacan, Derrida and Kristeva, this book includes a chapter on their own principal manifestos, a chapter on their "readings" of paintings and a systematic response to their critics. The book should be of interest to undergraduates in literary theory and continental philosophy.
- ISBN10 0631182888
- ISBN13 9780631182887
- Publish Date 6 May 1993
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 14 November 1996
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Imprint Blackwell Publishers
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 256
- Language English