This volume of conversation not only provides a succinct philosophical biography that highlights the wide range of Attridge's interests. It likewise foregrounds his energetic engagements with literary theory, poetics, and stylistics, as well as his reassessments of contemporary philosophy and literary ideas, specifically those pertaining to the work Jacques Derrida, James Joyce, and J. M. Coetzee. Readers will find in this book a wonderful balancing act as Attridge negotiates the dynamics between the orthodoxies of critical practice and the strategic interventions of deconstructive reading. This book, with an appendix of a chronological listing of Attridge's publications, is an accessible and provocative introduction to the ideas of one of the most brilliant critical voices and generous presences in literary studies in the Anglophone world.
This volume of conversation not only provides a succinct philosophical biography that highlights the wide range of Attridge's interests. It likewise foregrounds his energetic engagements with literary theory, poetics, and stylistics, as well as his reassessments of contemporary philosophy and literary ideas, specifically those pertaining to the work Jacques Derrida, James Joyce, and J. M. Coetzee. Readers will find in this book a wonderful balancing act as Attridge negotiates the dynamics between the orthodoxies of critical practice and the strategic interventions of deconstructive reading. This book, with an appendix of a chronological listing of Attridge's publications, is an accessible and provocative introduction to the ideas of one of the most brilliant critical voices and generous presences in literary studies in the Anglophone world.
Derek Attridge is Emeritus Professor in the Department of English and Related Literature at the University of York. David Jonathan Y. Bayot is Associate Professor of Literature at De La Salle University in Manila, Philippines. He is general editor of the Critics in Conversation series (DLSU Publishing), and also of the Critical Voices series published by Sussex Academic Press. Francisco Roman Guevara (deceased) was Assistant Professorial Lecturer of Literature at De La Salle University.
This philosophical biography in dialogical form allowed me to
retrace the curve of an intellectual progression marked by probity
and intelligence, depth and clarity, scholarly precision and
cultural curiosity, in a word by integrity a virtue that Derek has
always exemplified for me. Jean-Michel Rabate, Professor of English
and Comparative Literature, University of Pennsylvania; Fellow,
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Derek Attridge is one of the most brilliant and versatile literary
thinkers in the Anglophone world. With interests ranging from
prosody to deconstruction, together with groundbreaking critical
studies of Joyce and Coetzee, Attridge has inspired colleagues and
students across three continents. Maud Ellmann, Berlin Professor of
English, University of Chicago
Attridge is one of the most distinguished literary theorists in the
world. This admirably readable book is a marvelously cool, in the
sense of fair-minded, introduction to modern theory. Its
autobiographical side exemplifies how important are chance
encounters with people or books. J. Hillis Miller, Distinguished
Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature, University of
California, Irvine
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