Deconstruction Derrida (Paperback - 2017)

In this introduction to the work of Jacques Derrida, Julian Wolfreys challenger the notion that what Derrida does can be turned into a theory for literary interpretation. He questions the belief in a critical methodology called deconstruction which can be applied to literary texts in a programmatic fashion.
Wolfreys introduces the reader to the range of Derrida Interests and concerns. while tendering readings, informed by Derrida’s thought of canonical and less well-known literary works. He works through considerations of what deconstruction might or might not be, while offering a critical appreciation of the reception of Derrida’s work within the institution of literary criticism.
'If theory now faces the Insistent option "Lacan or Derrida". Julian Wolfreys has chosen decisively - and persuasively - to go with Derrida. and has written an introduction to his writing which is supple. detailed. instructive and very intelligent'.-Antony Easthope.
Manchester Metropolitan University
It is not enough to say that there is no book on Derrida so sharp or so accessible as Wolfreys ' sly and powerful work this is also the most provocative discussion of the place and potential of deconstruction in our work I know of.... Wolfreys has managed to so get inside Derrida and the deconstructive world that he writes with an ease and absolute lucidity that makes the play open and participatory. easily available to us all.... This book that can do so much for students and scholars, and do it with such apparent ease and such generous wit, could not possibly be more welcome. It is the Derrida for our time:- James R. Kincaid. University of Southern California.

Julian Wolfreys Is an Honorary Lecturer in English at the University of Dundee.