Most Interesting: Derrida & the Interest(s) of Literature.
This article homes in on the adjective 'interesting' in Derrida's assertion that 'literature is the most interesting thing in the world, maybe more interesting than the world'. While this claim is often quoted, and glossed, what Derrida means by 'interesting' has gone unexamined in the critical lite...
| Publicado en: | Derrida Today Vol. 18; no. 2; pp. 123 - 142 |
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Edinburgh University Press
Jun2025
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