American Theory, New Realism and Ontological Reading: on François Cusset’s Italian Translation of French Theory

Authors

  • Pier Giuseppe Monateri Università di Torino

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13135/2281-6658/322

Keywords:

Literary criticism, right, comparative right, Critical legal Studies, Law and Literature, Derrida, Foucault, Eliot, Modernism, Postmodern

Abstract

This essay critically analyses Cusset’s conviction that French Theory may be an American invention, by pointing out that such theory has had a great impact not only in the field of literature but in the legal field as well, bringing about the rise of Critical Legal Studies. 

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Author Biography

Pier Giuseppe Monateri, Università di Torino

Professore Ordinario, Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza

Published

2013-06-29