Paul de Man by Martin McQuillian (University of Leeds, UK)
This series is truly comprehensive, covering key ideas, intellectual, social and historical contexts and the impact of the thinker's ideas. These are usually the subject of separate books
There is no real competiton
Recent discoveries about de Man's own politics have got people talking about him again, and he is featuring more regularly on introductory theory courses
New biography from Harper Collins due in July 2001 which will stimulate interest