Jacques Derrida argues that the feminist and intellectual Hélène Cixous is the most important writer working within the French idiom today. To prove this, he elucidates the epistemological and historical interconnectedness of four terms: genesis, genealogy, genre, and genius, and how they pertain to or are implicated in Cixous's work.
Geneses, Genealogies, Genres, & Genius:
The Secrets of the Archive
Jacques Derrida
Columbia University Press
Illustration: Luca Black