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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 189-208 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | MFS - Modern Fiction Studies |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 |
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Deconstruction, radical secrecy, and the secret agent. / Segal, Alexander.
In: MFS - Modern Fiction Studies, Vol. 54, No. 2, 2008, p. 189-208.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Deconstruction, radical secrecy, and the secret agent
AU - Segal, Alexander
N1 - Imported on 12 Apr 2017 - DigiTool details were: Journal title (773t) = MFS Modern Fiction Studies. ISSNs: 0026-7724;
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - The article relates Derrida's work on literature and secrecy to Conrad's thematization of secrecy in The Secret Agent. It argues that there is striking proximity ' Derrida and Conrad both evoke what might be called a secret without secret, a secret beyond the secret which displaces the secret with content ' and an equally striking divergence: Conrad does not, at least in this text, share Derrida's passion for the secret without secret. To this extent, Conrad, the article argues, is not among the writers whom Barthes describes as having attempted to loosen 'the sway of the Author.'
AB - The article relates Derrida's work on literature and secrecy to Conrad's thematization of secrecy in The Secret Agent. It argues that there is striking proximity ' Derrida and Conrad both evoke what might be called a secret without secret, a secret beyond the secret which displaces the secret with content ' and an equally striking divergence: Conrad does not, at least in this text, share Derrida's passion for the secret without secret. To this extent, Conrad, the article argues, is not among the writers whom Barthes describes as having attempted to loosen 'the sway of the Author.'
KW - Open access version available
KW - Conrad Derrida
KW - Deconstruction
KW - Secrecy
M3 - Article
VL - 54
SP - 189
EP - 208
JO - MFS - Modern Fiction Studies
JF - MFS - Modern Fiction Studies
SN - 0026-7724
IS - 2
ER -