Allegorieosf Readgi n FiguralL anguage inRo usseaNui,e tzsRcihIkee,an, d Proust Paul de Man NewH aveann dL ondon YalUen iverPrseistys 1979 Publishwietdh a ssistfarnocmte h eKi ngsyl Truset As­ sociatioPnu blicaFutnido ens tablibys htehdeSc rolaln d Key Society ofY alCeo llege. Copyright© 1979b yY alUen iverAslilrity g.h trses erved. Thibsoo k mayn otbe reproduciendw ,h oloer i np art, ina nyf orm( beyondt hacto pyingpe rmittiendSe ctions 107a nd1 08o ft heU ..SC opyrigLhawt ande xcebpyt siofnr omt hep ublishers. Designebyd T hosW.h itriadngdes eitn Z apfI nt . tiontypael. Printientd h eU nitSetda toefAs rn e eo by 'I = " TheM urrayPr intiCnogm panWye,s tfoMrads, setts: ,..., � PublishiendG reaBtri taiEnu,r opAef,r icaan,dA ex- cepJta panb)yY alUen iverPsrietys Lst,d L.o,n don�. c . ," tribuitneA du straalnidNa e wZ ealabyn dBo ok &>F ilm ServicesA,r tarmoNn.,S .WA.u,s traalnidai ;nJ apabny Harper &> Row, PublishTeorksyOf,ofi ce. Congress CataloginPugb liinc aDtaitoan Library of DeM an,P aul. Allegoroifere sa ding. Incluidnedse x. 1.F renclhi terature-aHnidcs rtiotryi cism. 2.Ro usseauJ,e aJna cqu1e7s1,2 -1778--Style. 3. rGemanl iterature-Hainsdct roiryt icism. 4.F igureso fs peech.5 .Al legory.I .T itle. PQ145.D45 809 79-64075 ISBN Q-30n0 23272 Quarui onl itrotp viteo utro p doucemento nn 'entend rien. Pascal Contents Preface ix PartI Rhetoric 1.S emiolaongyd Rh etoric 3 2.T rope(sR ilke) 20 3.Re adin(gP roust) 57 4. Genesiasn dGe nealo(gyN ietzsche) 79 5.R hetoorfiT cr ope(sN ietzsche) 103 6.R hetoorfiP ce rsuas(iNoine tzsche)1 19 PartII Rousseau 7.M etaph(oSer coDndis course) 135 8.S el(fPygma lion) 160 9. AllegUoryu lie) 188 10.A llegoofryR eadi(nPrg ofesdes iofno i)2 21 11.P romis(eSosc iaClo ntract) 246 12.Ex cuse(sC oesnfsions) 278 Index 303 Preface ALLEGORIES OF READING STARTED OUT AS A HISTORICAL studayn de ndeudp a sa theooryf r eadiInb ge.g atnor eaRodu sseau seriouisnpl rye paraftoirao hni storriecflaelc toinoRo nm anticism andf ounmdy selufn ablteop rogresbsey ondl ocadli fficultoife s interpretIantt ryiinogtn o.c opwiet ht hiIsh ,a dt os hifftr ohmi stori­ cald efinittioot nh ep robletmiac osfr eadiTnhgi.ss h iftw,h icihs typiaclo fm y generatiisoo fnm ,o rei nterienis ttrs e sutlhtasin n i ts causeIstc. o ulidn,p rincilpelaetd,o a rhetoorfir ce adirnega ching beyondt hcea nonipcrailn ciopfllietse rhairys twohryi csht islelrv ei,n thibso oka,st hes tartpoiinngto ft heoiwnr displaceTmheenp tri.n ­ ciples undtehrtelh yienmga tic doifvRo eursssietyat uh,ec hronology ofRi Ike andN ietzstchheer ,h etoorfiP cr ousatr,en otl efti ntabcyt ther eadibnugt,t hicsr itirceaslu lt rdeempaneidnesno tn t hei nitial positoifot nh esveery principWhleetsh.e ra furthsetre pw,h ich woullde atvhei hse rmenemuotdiecbl e hincda,nbe takesnh ounlodt ap riori orn aiveblety a kefno grra nted. InP arItI o,n Ro usseaIuh ,a ve attetmhpeet leadb oration and theu ndoionfga systoemft ropolotgriacnaslf ormiantt ihoefn osr m ofa sustaianregudm entP.a rIte stablias shiemsi lpaart teirnan moref ragmenwtaeydb ym ovinbge tweesne veraault horrast her thasnt ayiwintgh ians ingcloerp usT.h ec hoiocfPe r ouasntd o fRiIke ase xampliesps a rtdluyet oc hancbeu,ts intcheoe s tenspiabtlheoo fs thetiorn aen dd eptohft hesitra temmeanktet hemp articurleasrilsy­ tanttoa r eaditnhgai tsn ol ongeenrt irtehleym atoincec, o uladr gue thaitft heiwro rky ieltdoss u cahr hetorical stchhese ammee, would necessabreit lruyef orwr iterwsh osreh etorsitcraalt eagriele ess s hiddenb ehintdh es eductpiovew erosfi dentification. What emergiessa proceosfsr eadiinngw hicrhh etoirsia c dirusptivien tertwinionftg r opaen dp ersuasoiro-nw hicihsn ot quitteh esa me thing-coofg nitainvdpe e rformative Tlhaen guage. implciatioonfts h icso ncluasrein oonte astyou nfolndo,rc ant heyb e statedi ns ummaryf ashisoenp,a raftreodtm h ei ntricoafcs ipeecsi fic readingNse.v ertheless, oofsp upcoahnn ea nptpsro achha vbe een moree agetroa ttawchka tt heya ssumteob ei tisd eological motives Ix PREFACE rathtehran t het echnicaolfiititpesrs oced ure. Thiiss p articulartlruye with regardt ot het enn "decotnrusctio"nw ,hichha sr apidlbeyc ome a labeals w elals a targeMto.st oft hibsoo k waswr ittebne feo r "deconstrucbetciaomne"a bone ofc onetntioann,dt het emr isu sde herien a technicraalt htehra na polmeicasle nse-whicdhoe s not implyt haittt h erefboerceo mense utroaril d eologiicnanlocleyn Btu.t Isa w nor easotnod eleitteN. o o thewro rds tatseose conomictahlel y imposs ibilittyoe valuate poosrin teigavteilvye tlhyei nescapable evaluatiitio mnp lieSso.m ethiinsgl oswth ent hes amep rocesiss describbyea d p urenleyga tivtee rma,s w henN ietzsscpeaksh e ofthe destruct(iZertrUomnme rung) ofc oncteupaclo nstruocrtP sa scalo f thed emolit(iodenmo litioofna ) c onvtiicotnh aits i tseallfr eaad y destructIic oonn.s ciocuasmleya crsos" deconstrucftoirto hnefi" r ts timei nt hewr itingso fJ acqueDse rridaw,h ichm eanst haitt i s associawtietdah poweorf inventirvieg otrow hicIhl anyo c laibmu t whicIhc ertaidnoln yo twi sh toe rasDee.c onstrucatsiw oanse, a sily predictahbalsbe e,e nmu chm isrepresented, adsai hsamrimslssee sd academgiacm e ord enouncaesda terrorwiesatp ona,n dI h avea ll thef eweirl lusiaobnosut th ep ossibiolfci otyu ntertihnegsa eb erra­ tionssi ncseu cah ne xpectatwioounl gdo a gaintshted rioftf m y own readings. Allegories qfRe ading wasa lontgi mei nt hew ritianngd,t hel its ofinstituttoiw ohnisc Iha m indebtiesed v elno ngeIbr e.g atno w rite on Rousseaua ndN ietzscwhiet ht hea ssistaonfac eG uggenheim Fellowsihni1 p9 6a9n dwro te them ainp arotf t heb ookd urinag yea'rsl eavfeor m YalUen iversiin1t 9y7 273-,wi th thea ssistaonfc e a YalSeen iorF aculFteyl lowsshuippp lemenbtyea d gr antfr om the MerrFiotu ndtaioann da grant-inf-raoimtd h eAm ericaCno uncfiolr LearnedS ocietiFeisn.a vle rificatwieornecs o mpletiend1 97w8i th theh elopf a travgerla nftr omt heG riswoFludn da tY aleI.wi sh to thantkh en umeroucso lleaguwehso sseu ppohretl pemde ins ecuring thiasi dAs. form y intelleicntdueablt ednIef sesei,ln deeudn ablteo enumerawthea ti sb eyond numbearn dt od isentanignsl oem ,a ny casetsh,ep arotf i nfluefrnocme t hep arotf f riendship. Partosft hibso okh avaep peareidn p ritnbe foreT.h es ectioonn Prouswta so riginalal cyo ntributtoi oFna es tschrfoirftGe o rgse Pouleetn titMloedu vemeprnemtsier s( Paris:CJoorste1i 9,7 2a)n dt he Rilkec haptwears w rittaesna ni ntdruocotnit ot heF rencehd itioofn Rilke'psoe ms (PariEsd:i tiodnus Se uil1,9 72O)t.h ecrh apters ap­ pearde entiyr oerli np aritn C ritiIcnaqlu Diiacryr,i ticsT,h e Georgia PREFACE Review, Glyhp,S tudiesi nRo manticism,a ndY aleFrenc h StudiesP.e r­ missino tor epriinsgt r atefualclknyo wledgeIdh .a vem yseltfr ans­ lated the two sectioornisgi nawrlliyt teinnF rench. Iw isht ot hankE lleGnr ahama ndS heiHluad dlesotfot nh eY ale Univesriyt Presfso rp articuleaffircliye natn ds peedcyo pydeiting, certani toc leantsheefi naltex to fa lmli stakbeustm y own. Allt ranslatoifFo rnesn cahn dGe rman quotatiaornems y own unleostsh erwisei ndiecda.t P.d.M . New HavenA,p ri1l97 9 Part I Rhetoric