From the New Criticism to Deconstruction: The Reception of Structuralism and Post-Structuralism

From the New Criticism to Deconstruction
  traces the transitions in American critical theory and practice from the 1950s
  to the 1980s. It focuses on the influence of French structuralism and post-structuralism
  on American deconstruction within a wide-ranging context that includes literary
  criticism, philosophy, psychology, technology, and politics.
 

This book traces the transitions in America critical theory and practice from the 1950s to the 1980s. It also focuses on the influence of French structuralism and post-structuralism on American deconstruction within a wide-ranging context that includes literary criticism, philosophy, psychology, technology, and politics.