Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-270) and index
American literature -- Linear Tropes in de Man and Derrida -- Deconstruction and theology : Hodos in the Acts of the Apostles -- Four roads in Taoism -- The reflexivity of the road film -- Televised baseball, graphic novel, video game -- Christo and Jeanne-Claude's The gates : the figural road as university -- Conclusion: Curriculum and ethics in a figural world