INTRODUCTION

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS viii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS x
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. 1. Criticism at the Present Time 16
6. 2. The Transcendental Site: From Heaven to Earth 39
7. 3. Roland Barthes and the Monster of Totality 56
8. 4. Reading with/out a Text 88
9. 5. Discourse without Foundation 111
10. 6. A Question of Meaning 136
11. 7. Literature as Play 155
12. CONCLUSION: Deconstruction and Social Criticism 173
13. AFTERWORD 181
14. INDEX 201
15. Backmatter 209