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Signs of the Times: Deconstruction and the Fall of Paul De Man (1991)

David Lehman
Reviewed by Ron Givens | Mar 01, 1991
EW's GRADE
A

Details Writer: David Lehman; Genres: Biography, Nonfiction

Signs of the Times: Deconstruction and the Fall of Paul de Man is a remarkably lucid, hilarious exposé of Nazi propagandist and literary con man Paul de Man, plus the history of how his academic disciples deconstructed themselves trying to whitewash De Man's disgrace. As much fun in its highbrow way as Marathon Man. A

Originally posted Mar 01, 1991 Published in issue #55 Mar 01, 1991 Order article reprints

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