Abstract

The deconstructive angel has been with us for a while, long enough for us to want to start evaluating its impact on us. M.H. Abrams first used the phrase “deconstructive angel”, He has analysed it with bad metaphysics, but it has not been successful. More than two decades have passed with American critics wrestling mightily with deconstructive angel, and many have succumbed to its charm. This paper analyses the deconstructive angel from Miller’s point of view. Miller applied deconstructive angel analysis to various metaphysical things such as pronouncement, mise en abyme, ideological material, reading and misreading.