Paul de Man
Paul de Man
Paul de Man, born Paul Adolph Michel Deman, was a Belgian-born literary critic and literary theorist. At the time of his death, de Man was one of the most prominent literary critics in the United States—known particularly for his importation of German and French philosophical approaches into Anglo-American literary studies and critical theory. Along with Jacques Derrida, he was part of an influential critical movement that went beyond traditional interpretation of literary texts to reflect on the epistemological difficulties inherent...
NationalityBelgian
ProfessionCritic
Date of Birth6 December 1919
CountryBelgium
Metaphors are much more tenacious than facts.