Paradox, Aphorism and Desire in Novalis and Derrida
Clare Kennedy
Click cover to enlarge Buy hardback at: | MHRA Texts and Dissertations 71 Maney Publishing for the Modern Humanities Research Association 1 August 2008 • 144pp ISBN: 978-1-905981-47-2 (hardback) • RRP £34.99, $48.99, €41.99 ISBN: 978-1-123144-28-4 (Google ebook) • RRP £4.95 Sample: Google Books Building on recent investigations into affinities between early German Romanticism and French post-structuralism, this study brings together the work of Jacques Derrida with the writings of one of early Romanticism’s most important theorists, Friedrich von Hardenberg (1772-1801), better known as Novalis. In contrast to recent criticism, which traces the historical path from Romanticism to modern theory in broad strokes, this book undertakes comparative readings of Novalis’s and Derrida’s texts on literature and philosophy. The book focuses on the significance both writers accord to paradox and argues that readings which are attuned to paradox can better appreciate the proximity of Romanticism and post-structuralism. As well as their affirmation of paradox, the texts of Novalis and Derrida testify to a profound respect for the Other, and the close readings of selected texts reveal remarkable similarities in their thinking on literature, philosophy and representation, and on the intricate interrelation between language, identity and desire. Download: Introduction (PDF) Reviews:
Bibliography entry: Kennedy, Clare, Paradox, Aphorism and Desire in Novalis and Derrida, MHRA Texts and Dissertations, 71 (MHRA, 2008) First footnote reference: 35 Clare Kennedy, Paradox, Aphorism and Desire in Novalis and Derrida, MHRA Texts and Dissertations, 71 (MHRA, 2008), p. 21. Subsequent footnote reference: 37 Kennedy, p. 47. (To see how these citations were worked out, follow this link.) Bibliography entry: Kennedy, Clare. 2008. Paradox, Aphorism and Desire in Novalis and Derrida, MHRA Texts and Dissertations, 71 (MHRA) Example citation: ‘A quotation occurring on page 21 of this work’ (Kennedy 2008: 21). Example footnote reference: 35 Kennedy 2008: 21. (To see how these citations were worked out, follow this link.) This title was first published by Maney Publishing for the Modern Humanities Research Association but rights to it are now held by Modern Humanities Research Association. This title is now out of print. Permanent link to this title: www.mhra.org.uk/publications/Paradox-Aphorism-Desire-in-Novalis-Derrida www.mhra.org.uk/publications/td-71 |
