28 Modernism in Literature: Background and Essay Selection

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Series Editor’s Preface viii
4. Acknowledgements x
5. Introduction ‘The Unimaginable Touch of Time’: The Public and Private in the Notebooks of Paul de Man 1
6. Part I: Texts
7. Introduction 23
8. 1 The Drawings of Paul Valéry (1948) 25
9. 2 Jacques Villon (1952) 38
10. 3 Graduate Essay on Keats (1954) 42
11. 4 Postdoctoral Essay on Symbolism (c.1960) 48
12. 5 Introduction to Madame Bovary (1965) 62
13. 6 Introduction to The Portable Rousseau (1973) 69
14. 7 On Reading Rousseau (1977) 77
15. 8 Translator’s Introduction to “Rousseau and English Romanticism” (1978) 103
16. 9 Rousseau and English Romanticism (1978) 107
17. 10 Introduction to Studies in Romanticism (1979) 126
18. 11 Hommage à Georges Poulet (1982) 131
19. 12 A Letter from Paul de Man (1982) 134
20. 13 Reply to Raymond Geuss (1983) 139
21. 14 Interview with Robert Moynihan (1984) 147
22. Part II: Translations
23. Introduction 169
24. 15 Hölderlin and the Essence of Poetry1 (1959) 171
25. 16 Essay on the Origin of Language: Melody and Musical Imitation Are Being Considered 183
26. Part III: Teaching
27. Introduction 227
28. 17 Field of Comparative Literature: Analysis of Needs (1967) 229
29. 18 The Comparative Literature Program at Rutgers University: A Report 236
30. 19 Comparative Literature 816a: Hegel and English Romanticism 242
31. 20 Comparative Literature 816a: Hegel and English Romanticism 243
32. 21 Comparative Literature 817a: Aesthetic Theory from Kant to Hegel 244
33. 22 Curriculum for Lit Z Proposal (1975) 247
34. 23 Literature Z: Exercise II 251
35. 24 Rhetorical Readings 253
36. 25 Director’s Report on Rhetorical Reading (1982) 255
37. 26 Seminar on “Aesthetic Theory from Kant to Hegel”. Yale University, Fall Semester, 1982 259
38. Part IV: Research
39. Introduction 283
40. 27 The Unimaginable Touch of Time: Proposed Table of Contents 285
41. 28 Modernism in Literature: Background and Essay Selection 286
42. 29 Modernism in Literature: Revised Table of Contents 293
43. 30 The Portable Rousseau: Table of Contents 295
44. 31 The Portable Rousseau: Principle of Selection 297
45. 32 Outline for a Monograph on Nietzsche 298
46. 33 From Nietzsche to Rousseau 300
47. 34 Allegories of Reading: Figural Language in Rousseau, Nietzsche, Rilke, and Proust 303
48. 35 Aesthetics, Rhetoric, Ideology 305
49. 36 11/3/82 307
50. Appendix The Notebooks of Paul de Man 1963–83 309
51. Bibliography 315
52. Index of Names 354