The double life of Paul de Man

Barish, Evelyn 1935- (Author).

Summary: Describes the life of the Yale University professor behind the deconstruction movement, who at the time of his death was one of the most influential literary critics in America but was later revealed to be a Nazi collaborator and anti-Semite.

Item details

ISBN: 9780871403261
ISBN: 0871403269
ISBN: 1631490052
ISBN: 9781631490057
Physical Description: print
xxvi, 534 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2014]

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-517) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The butcher's boy -- Kalmthout : the rules of the game -- Paul and his teachers -- Le rouge et le noir -- Madeleine's death -- "My father, Henri de Man" -- A broken rudder -- University : taking sides -- The Didier circle : servants to power -- Anne -- Exodus -- Paul collaborates -- "The Jews in present-day literature" -- The young wolf -- Drinking from three spouts -- The boulevard had two sides -- Icarus falls -- Hiding in plain sight -- Hermès -- The palace of justice -- Despair, rage, and the pursuit of shadows -- "Books are the keys to magic kingdoms" -- The radical gentry -- Making friends -- Recommended by Mary -- Finding Pat -- Bard -- "Lies, and lies, and lies" -- Bad weather -- Boston -- Prince in exile -- Denounced -- Return to Europe -- Heidegger : a place to stand -- "Excusez le jargon" -- The mirror -- Mending the net.