“The writer's language is to some degree the product of his own action; he is both the historian and the agent of his own language.”
Quote by Paul de Man
Work
Blindness and Insight: Essays in the Rhetoric of Contemporary Criticism
This book delves into the analysis of rhetorical strategies employed in modern literary criticism, offering insights into the ways in which critics interpret and evaluate contemporary literature. more
Author
Paul de Man
Paul de Man (December 6, 1919 - December 21, 1983) was a prominent philosopher, literary theorist, and critic whose theoretical work had a profound impact on 20th-century literary criticism, particularly in the field of deconstruction. Born in Vilnius, Lithuania, and raised in Nazi Germany, he later immigrated to the United States, where he taught at Columbia University. more
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