New York: Columbia University Press, 1989. — 176 p. — (The Wellek Library Lectures) — ISBN-10 0231062338; ISBN-13 978-0231062336.
Derrida offers significant insights into de Man's understanding of Heidegger, Hoderlin, Hegel, Austin, and Rosseau. A warm, personal, and at times touching account of the de Man/Derrida intellectual friendship and the existential experience of a friend's death, this work shows a very human side to a thinker whose humanity has been questioned by the critics. A welcome addition to any library already containing some writings of Derrida.
Editorial Note
Preface to the Revised Edition
Preface to the French Edition
In Memoriam
Mnemosyne
The Art of Memoires
Acts
Like the Sound of the Sea Deep Within a Shell: Paul de Man's War