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H. C. for Life, That Is to Say...
Contributor(s): Derrida, Jacques (Author), Milesi, Laurent (Translator), Herbrechter, Stefan (Translator)

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 ISBN: 0804754020     ISBN-13: 9780804754026
Publisher: Stanford University Press
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: May 2006
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Annotation: "H.C. for Life, That Is to Say... represents a vigorous volley within the series produced by the mutual provocation society of Helene Cixous and Jacques Derrida. The particular provocation here--even more moving now that Derrida has gone--is his insistence that they fall on one side or the other of the question of life and death. She is for life, whereas for him one always dies in the end. Veritably incited, however, by Cixous' work, Derrida cannot avoid writing for her, on her side; and he cannot avoid provoking, in the sense of writing on behalf of, or on the side of her voice, reading and citing at length, playing off the polyphonic effects of a poetics that he considers to be among 'the most powerful and the most engaged in thinking in the history of literature.'"--Gary Wills, University at Albany-SUNY
"Because Helene Cixous (the H.C. of the title) has a genius for making language speak and because no one knew better than Derrida how to mine the secret's of Cixous's profoundly complex and beguiling prose, this volume stands out as exceptional."--CHOICE

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | Movements - Deconstruction
Dewey: 848.914
LCCN: 2006009690
Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics
Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.02" W x 8.36" L (0.53 lbs) 200 pages
Features: Annotated, Bibliography, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2006 pg. 300
 
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Publisher Description:
H. C. for Life, That Is to Say . . . is Jacques Derrida's tribute to Hélène Cixous-the author, her works, and their lifelong mutual reading and intellectual friendship.
 
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