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Reading Theory: An Introduction to Lacan, Derrida, and Kristeva
Reading Theory An Introduction to Lacan Derrida and Kristeva Author:Michael Payne "Deconstruction," "psychoanalysis," and "semiotics" have become part of the vocabulary of contemporary culture. Reading Theory introduces the principal texts by Lacan, Derrida, and Kristeva that lie behind these terms and that provide their contexts. This book concentrates its attention on making accessible what these three theorists have writte... more »n, rather than offering a synthetic abstraction of the fashionable terminology of theory. In addition to these detailed readings Michael Payne examines and introduces the manifestos of each writer, their "readings" of paintings, and provides a systematic response to their critics.« less