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Jacques Derrida
French philosopher of deconstruction Jacques Derrida, 1994.
In his later work, which focused on literature and emphasized the singularity of literary texts, Jacques Derrida explored the play of meaning in the works of several avant-garde writers, including:
Additionally, in his earlier experimental work Glas (1974), Derrida juxtaposed an analysis of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel’s philosophy with a discussion of the writings of Jean Genet, who was a thief, novelist, and playwright.1