I, Daniel

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(Jean-Michel Rabate, Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, American Academy of Arts and Sciences)

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(Benoit Peeters, author of Derrida: A Biography)

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Jacques Derrida's book The Post Card: From Socrates to Freud and Beyond (1987) has often been read in purely philosophical terms. Derrida, alluding to Freud's talk of <> describes the opening section (<>) as a <> <> (that is, <>) takes the form of hundreds of postcards to an unnamed lover.

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Enter a figure called <> In some ways, he resembles Derrida's unrecognized third son. In others, he resembles the author; this book's creative-critical approach thus turns scandalously personal. In addressing literary questions, it draws on dreams, faith, the author's middle name, and a testimony to illegitimacy.

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One of <> key conceits is that it is <> Taking, as cues, fleeting references to the biblical book of Daniel and George Eliot's novel Daniel Deronda, <> is read as a preface not so much to an unwritten book as to the text that is the name <>