Download or read book The Invention of Deconstruction written by M. Currie and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-05-29 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why did deconstruction emerge when it did? Why did commentators in literary studies seem to need to look back on it from the earliest moments of its emergence? This book argues that the invention of deconstruction was spread across several decades, conducted by many people, and focused on its two central figures, Jacques Derrida and Paul de Man.