Reviews for Wild Card Of Reading

The average rating for Wild Card Of Reading based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-01-16 00:00:00 Edward LaRochelle Gasché offers a lucid, thorough look at de Man's rhetorical readings. The analysis is dense at times, but I can't imagine any responsible discussion of de Man being a quick read. The greatest value of this book is that it offers what is so difficult to find in de Manean studies: a fair, intelligent look at one of the divisive figures of literary studies.

Review # 2 was written on 2008-04-26 00:00:00 Ned Kozlowski I go back and forth on Gadamer: his work on Plato was solid, but I never could get behind his hermeneutics. In any event, I consider him one of the 'good' continentals. Anyway, it is actually quite funny to read this exchange between him and Derrida. Gadamer is clear-headed but absolutely flummoxed by Derrida's erratic interrogations ("I am finding it difficult to understand these questions", p. 55). Unfortunately, the actual debate between hermeneutics and deconstruction is a scant 70 pages and the rest of the book is dedicated to idle ruminations by erstwhile 'experts' on deconstruction.