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In Of Grammatology, D e r r i d a c o n t e n d s t h a t t h e ' f i r s t b r e a k i n t h e m o s t e n t r e n c h e d W e s t e r n t r a d i t i o n ' — t h a t is, t h e t y r a n n y o f ' s p e e c h ' a n d t h e s u p p r e s s i o n o f ' w r i t i n g ' — w a s a c c o m p l i s h e d in p o e t r y : in M a l l a r m e ' s ' i r r e d u c i b l y g r a p h i c p o e t i c s ' . (5 :92) . A s t h e V o / e / a c t e e ' o f M a l l a r m 6 ' s d i s c o u r s e is s p a n g l e d w i t h R o m a n t i c s u r v i v a l s , t h e c l a i m m i g h t a p p e a r e x o r b i t a n t . Ye t a f o r m o f ' e r a s u r e ' o p e r a t e s in t h e M a l l a r m S a n t e x t , a s y n t a c t i c a l s t r a t e g y by w h i c h ' t h e w h i t e s , i n d e e d , t a k e o n a n i m p o r t a n c e , ' a n d f r u s t r a t e t h e i m p o s t u r e of a b s o l u t e s

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• The Inscriptions of Authority

  Philip Nicholls, Peter Nicholls•Ezra Pound•1984

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• The Unconscious

  Jean Laplanche, Serge Leclaire et al.•Yale French Studies•1972

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