2. Jacques Derrida, Maximalist

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vi
4. Abbreviations viii
5. Introduction: ‘Le goût sévère’ 1
6. 1. James Joyce, Minimalist 21
7. 2. Jacques Derrida, Maximalist 65
8. 3. ‘everything + n’: Literature and the Closure 98
9. 4. ‘I was, I was’: Dantean Detritus and Late Style 130
10. 5. A ‘provisionally bygone era’? Deconstruction, Postcritique and Weak Theory 168
11. Bibliography 206
12. Index 220