Henri Ronse Livres

"Une variation supérieure sur l'admirable vieux mélodrame", notait Mallarmé à propos de Pelléas, dont l'intrigue, effectivement, peut sembler bien conventionnelle : le Prince Golaud recueille à l'orée d'un bois une jeune fille dont il va faire son épouse. Mais c'est du frère de Golaud, Pelléas, que Mélisande tombe amoureuse, et le destin fatal qui pèse sur les personnages les mènera inévitablement à la désolation. La fable cependant n'est ici que prétexte à dérober au silence ses secrets. Universellement célèbres au début de ce siècle, à cause notamment de l'opéra de Debussy, les ombres de Pelléas et Mélisande nous reviennent, dans leur innocence inquiète.

Positions is a collection of three interviews with Jacques Derrida that illuminate and make more accessible the complex concepts and terms treated extensively in such works as Writing and Difference and Dissemination. Derrida takes positions on his detractors, his supporters, and the two major preoccupations of French intellectual life, Marxism and psychoanalysis. The interviews included in this volume offer a multifaceted view of Derrida. "Implications: Interview with Henri Ronse" contains a succinct statement of principles. "Seminology and Grammatology: Interview with Julia Kristeva" provides important clarifications of the role played by linguistics in Derrida's work. "Positions: Interview with Jean-Louis Houdebine and Guy Scarpetta" is a wide-ranging discussion that touches on many of the polemics that Derrida's work as provoked. Alan Bass, whose translation of Writing and Difference was highly praised for its clarity, accuracy, and readability, has provided extremely useful critical notes, full of vital information, including historical background.