“Nothing, whether deed, word, thought, or text, ever happens in relation, positive or negative, to anything that precedes, follows, or exists elsewhere, but only as a random event...”

About Paul de Man

Literary Critic • Belgian

Paul de Man was a Belgian-born literary critic and theorist who became a leading figure in the Yale School of deconstruction. His work, particularly in books like "Blindness and Insight," explored the rhetorical and...