$82.32

FREE delivery Tuesday, July 9. Order within 16 hrs 17 mins. Details

Select delivery location

Only 1 left in stock - order soon.

$$82.32 () Includes selected options. Includes initial monthly payment and selected options. Details

Ships from

BOOKS_EXPRESS_USA

Ships from

BOOKS_EXPRESS_USA

Sold by

BOOKS_EXPRESS_USA

Sold by

BOOKS_EXPRESS_USA

Returns

Eligible for Return, Refund or Replacement within 30 days of receipt

Returnable	Yes
Resolutions	Eligible for refund or replacement
Return Window	30 days from delivery
Refund Timelines	Typically, an advance refund will be issued within 24 hours of a drop-off or pick-up. For returns that require physical verification, refund issuance may take up to 30 days after drop-off or pick up. Where an advance refund is issued, we will re-charge your payment method if we do not receive the correct item in original condition. See details here.
Late fee	A late fee of 20% of the item price will apply if you complete the drop off or pick up after the ‘Return By Date’.
Restocking fee	A restocking fee may apply if the item is not returned in original condition and original packaging, or is damaged or missing parts for reasons not due to seller error. See details here.

Returns

Eligible for Return, Refund or Replacement within 30 days of receipt

Returnable	Yes
Resolutions	Eligible for refund or replacement
Return Window	30 days from delivery
Refund Timelines	Typically, an advance refund will be issued within 24 hours of a drop-off or pick-up. For returns that require physical verification, refund issuance may take up to 30 days after drop-off or pick up. Where an advance refund is issued, we will re-charge your payment method if we do not receive the correct item in original condition. See details here.
Late fee	A late fee of 20% of the item price will apply if you complete the drop off or pick up after the ‘Return By Date’.
Restocking fee	A restocking fee may apply if the item is not returned in original condition and original packaging, or is damaged or missing parts for reasons not due to seller error. See details here.

Return instructions

Item must be in original condition and packaging along with tag, accessories, manuals, and inserts. Unlock any electronic device, delete your account and remove all personal information.

Read full return policy

Payment

Secure transaction

Payment

Secure transaction

We work hard to protect your security and privacy. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Learn more

Details

Other sellers on Amazon

New & Used (7) from $68.36

Image Unavailable

Image not available for
Color:

To view this video download Flash Player

Follow the author

Bernd Herzogenrath

Follow

An Art of Desire.Reading Paul Auster.(Postmodern Studies 21) Paperback – January 1, 1999

by Bernd Herzogenrath (Author)

3.0 3 ratings

See all formats and editions

{"desktop_buybox_group_1":[{"displayPrice":"$82.32","priceAmount":82.32,"currencySymbol":"$","integerValue":"82","decimalSeparator":".","fractionalValue":"32","symbolPosition":"left","hasSpace":false,"showFractionalPartIfEmpty":true,"offerListingId":"6TDuN83kDgYQDlHpuR5XFCZG8%2BNrD7MURC4edCu%2Bni4d4jJc4IqjSIWzuK0g8cUWC5QXGdWfnGQA1GqCPZaYbwR%2FiOUdDu%2BF1f0Dx2wmQ91dVwKq0rbmmBss7O%2FP2xRf9LV6dFDDF2I%2B4COjYpTbqIvynr53g6M3xvGMObnqTgJC9LT%2Bffocpg%3D%3D","locale":"en-US","buyingOptionType":"NEW","aapiBuyingOptionIndex":0}]}

Purchase options and add-ons

An Art of Desire. Reading Paul Auster is the first book-length study solely devoted to the novels of Paul Auster. From the vantage-point of poststructuralist theory, especially Lacanian psychoanalysis and Derridean deconstruction, this book explores the relation of Auster's novels City of Glass, In the Country of Last Things Moon Palace, and The Music of Chance to the rewriting and deconstruction of genre conventions; their connections to concepts such as catastrophe theory, the sublime, Freud's notion of the 'death drive;' as well as the philosophical underpinnings of his work. At the focus of this study, however, is the concept of desire, an important concept in the writings of both Auster and Lacan, and the various manifestations of this concept in Auster's novels.

Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Rodopi Bv Editions; UK ed. edition (January 1, 1999)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9042004533
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-9042004535
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 0.035 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.75 x 8.75 inches

Customer Reviews:
3.0 3 ratings

Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.

Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

Videos

Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video!

Upload your video

About the author

Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations.

Bernd Herzogenrath

Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.

Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

Discover more of the author’s books, see similar authors, read author blogs and more

Customer reviews

3 out of 5

3 global ratings

3 star

0%

2 star

0%

1 star

47%

How customer reviews and ratings work

Sort reviews by

Top reviews from the United States

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

Gerrit Crouse

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2014

Verified Purchase

New book, inexpensive, fast delivery.

Helpful

Mads Henriksen

A complicated Dance of Theory and Fiction

Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 1999

This, the first book-length study of Auster's works, proves to be a both demanding and rewarding affair. Make no mistake, this is definitely scholarship at the highest level and not a book for high-school kids doing a paper on The New York Trilogy.
Even for readers well-versed in contemporary literary theory and literature there is work to be done, and if you have a problem with a theoretical approach to literature then stay miles away from this book - unless you really are an avid Auster-fan: then you should feel obliged to at least give it a go.
But if you are interested in witnessing how theory, in this case of the post-structuralist vein (in particular Lacan and Derrida), and literature - four of Auster's core works (City of Glass, In the Country of Last Things, The Music of Chance and Moon Palace) may cross-fertilize each other - this is definitely a book to read.
For students (post-graduates in particular, I guess) and scholars working with Auster this book is indispensable. The chapters on the genre-affiliations preceding every close reading are for the most part interesting, in particular in connection with Moon Palace which is seen as a novel written in the picaresque mode. The close readings following these generic definitions are very thorough and eye-opening, and the Lacanian approach often leads to stunningly original interpretations, forcing the reader read Auster in a new light. I thoroughly recommend this study - the effort is rewarded with insight and inspiration.