After Ontology: Literary Theory and Modernist Poetics

Albany: SUNY Press (2001)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

This book identifies the uniquely postmodern elements in hermeneutics and deconstruction in order to reread many of the central texts in modernist literature. It is a comparative study that illuminates points of contact between the philosophical positions of Gadamer and Derrida, discussing Heidegger's influence on both Gadamer's ontological approaches to the work of art and Derrida's transformation approach to literary and philosophical texts. The poetry of Eliot, Pound and Yeats is examined within this framework, while the crucial example of Joyce is taken up in terms of the production and reception of 'Ulysses' as a seminal influence. The study concludes by suggesting that Derrida provides an ethical version of hermeneutics that departs from Gadamerian models but can be reconciled with both postmodern insights and historical research.

Links

PhilArchive



    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 86,168

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

Similar books and articles

Analytics

Added to PP
2015-02-02

Downloads
36 (#366,648)

6 months
4 (#243,083)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Author's Profile

William Melaney
American University in Cairo

Citations of this work

No citations found.

Add more citations

References found in this work

No references found.

Add more references