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Book SynopsisThe first collection of texts by Paul de Man to follow the posthumous Aesthetic Ideology (1996), the title refers to de Man's Harvard thesis of the late 1950s, from which the long section on Mallarme is reproduced. Also included are texts by de Man on Stefan George, as well as essays on Rousseau, Derrida, Symbolism and Keats.
Trade Review'De Man's readings of Mallarme, Yeats, and George in the 1950s demonstrate how a reflection on an authentically poetic vocation cannot help but produce a concomitant reflection on what constitutes a genuinely literary criticism and theory. It is fascinating to see how de Man's pushing of a Hegelian phenomenological "method" to its limits engenders what we now call "de Manian" rhetorical or "deconstructive" reading. The Post-Romantic Predicament is essential reading for anyone concerned with the question of "the literary". -- Andrzej Warminski, University of California, Irvine 'De Man's readings of Mallarme, Yeats, and George in the 1950s demonstrate how a reflection on an authentically poetic vocation cannot help but produce a concomitant reflection on what constitutes a genuinely literary criticism and theory. It is fascinating to see how de Man's pushing of a Hegelian phenomenological "method" to its limits engenders what we now call "de Manian" rhetorical or "deconstructive" reading. The Post-Romantic Predicament is essential reading for anyone concerned with the question of "the literary".
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; Series Editor's Preface; 'No country for old men': Paul de Man and the Post-Romantic Predicament, Martin McQuillan; Paul de Man: Essays; 1. Introduction to 'The Post-Romantic Predicament'; 2. 'Mallarme' (1960); Part I Herodiade; Part II Igitur; Part III Un coup de des; 3. 'Drama and History in Yeats' (1960); 4. 'Mallarme, George and Yeats' (c.1959); 5. 'Stefan George and Stephane Mallarme' (1952); 6. 'Stefan George and Friedrich Holderlin' (1954); Appendix: Dissertation fragment on Stefan George (c.1955); De Man's Bibliography to Chapters 2 and 3; Index.
