Most of us would be grateful for assistance in getting the gist of a philosophical position that for at least a decade has been central to discussions of literature and that, by laws as inexorable as those of plate tectonics, will influence the teaching of English for decades to come. Crowley's explanation of deconstruction ... is reliable, balanced, and accessible to readers with little background in the underlying epistemological and linguistic issues. (From the "Introduction" by W. Ross Winterowd)