Neil Hertz papers on Paul de Man 1987-1990
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De Man, Paul, 1919-1983
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Paul de Man was a prominent and influential literary critic, scholar, and teacher best known as one of the principle theorists behind an approach to literary texts that became known as deconstruction. This approach to literary texts, which had a profound effect upon the field of literary studies, was developed throughout his career in the numerous essays that appear in the collection. A biographical overview of de Man is provided, followed by a more detailed chronology of significan...
Hertz, Neil.
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Neil Hertz grew up in New York City. He earned his bachelor's degree in Philosophy from Amherst College in 1953 before spending a year abroad at the University of Bordeaux as a Fulbright Scholar. In 1954 Hertz enlisted in the army and served for two years before enrolling at Harvard where he earned his M.A. in English in 1960. In 1961 Hertz returned to New York to teach English at Cornell University. He left Cornell in 1982 to continue his career at John Hopkins University as Professor of humani...
