Veils

By Jacques Derrida and Hélène Cixous

Book Overview

This book combines loosely "autobiographical" texts by two of the most influential French intellectuals of our time. "Savoir," by H l ne Cixous is an account of her experience of recovered sight after a lifetime of severe myopia; Jacques Derrida's "A Silkworm of One's Own" muses on a host of motifs, including his varied responses to "Savoir."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804737959
• ISBN13: 9780804737951
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.3" x 9.0"