Jasper Neel
Plato, Derrida, and Writing.
Southern Illinois University Press, 1988. Second printing. 0809314401 xiv/252 pages.
Volume, measuring approximately 6" x 9", is bound in gray cloth, with stamped blue lettering to spine. Book is in fine condition. Binding is firm. Interior is clean and bright.  Dust jacket exhibits moderate wear and is preserved in mylar cover.
"Achieving the remarkable feat of linking composition theory, deconstruction, and classical rhetoric, this book has been admirably summarized by the theorist G. Douglas Atkins, who writes: "This lively and engaging, informed and informative book constitutes an important contribution. Though its ‘ field’ is most obviously composition, composition theory, and pedagogy, part of its importance derives from the way it transcends disciplinary boundaries to bear on writing in general. . . I know of no book that so fully and well discusses, and evaluates, the implications of deconstruction for composition and pedagogy. That [it] goes ‘ beyond deconstruction,’ rather than merely ‘ applying’ it, increases its importance and signals a clear contribution to the understanding of writing.""