Simon Wortham

Who is Simon Wortham?

Simon Morgan Wortham is Professor in Humanities at Kingston University, London, and Co-Director of The London Graduate School. He is a literary critic and theorist, best known as an expert on deconstruction and the writings of Jacques Derrida. Recent work concentrates on rearticulating post-structuralist thought to Marxist and realist traditions in philosophy.

Morgan Wortham completed a BA Hons in English Literature in 1988 and an MA in English Literature in 1989 both at the University of Sussex. He then completed a DPhil in English Literature at the University of Sussex in 1994.

Selected Bibliography:

Morgan Wortham, Simon The poetics of sleep: from Aristotle to Nancy. London, U.K. : Bloomsbury. 192p. ISBN 9781441124760

Morgan Wortham, Simon The Derrida Dictionary. London, U.K. : Continuum. 272p. ISBN 9781847065261

Morgan Wortham, Simon Derrida: writing events. London, U.K. : Continuum. 145p. ISBN 9781847062475

Weiner, Allison and Morgan Wortham, Simon, eds. Encountering Derrida: legacies and futures of deconstruction. London : Continuum. 215p. ISBN 9780826498939