Introduction: Derrida's modernity and our modernism Jean-Michel Rabate, University of Pennsylvania, USA Part 1. Rethinking the main concepts of modernism 1. Trickster Economy: Derrida's Baudelaire, and the Role of Money, Counterfeits, and Alms in the Modern City Marit Grotta, University of Oslo, Norway 2. Kant's Celestial Economy; a Footnote to The Gift of Death Eddis N. Miller, Pace University, USA 3. Derrida and Kafka: A Talmudic Disputation Before the Law Vivian Liska, Antwerp University, Belgium 4. Derrida with Heidegger: Poetic Language, Animality, World Jennifer Anna Gosetti-Ferencei, Fordham University, USA 5. To Wound the Language: Derrida Reads Celan Miriam Jerade, University of Mexico, Mexico Part 2. Engaging with the poetics of canonical modernism 6. Derrida's Joyce Sam Slote, Trinity College, Dublin 7. Derrida re-voicing Artaud Alheli Alvarado, Columbia University, USA 8. Derrida on Bataille: from dueling to duet Claire Lozier, University of Leeds, UK 9. A Cross in the margin, Inscription and Erasure in Derrida and Pound Mark Byron, University of Sydney, Australia 10. Derrida after Valery (after Derrida) Suzanne Guerlac, University of California, Berkeley, USA Part 3. Differance as performance: pushing modernism beyond its borders 11. Three ways of looking at Derrida's encounter with Austin Raoul Moati, University of Chicago, USA 12. Writing in the Shadow of Sartre's Genet, Derrida's Glas and the Ethics of Biography Robert Doran, Rochester University, USA 13. Derrida, Cixous, and (Feminine) Writing Marta Segarra, University of Barcelona, Spain 14. Reading between the lines: Derrida, Blanchot, Beckett Leslie Hill, University of Warwick, UK Part 4. Glossary Jean-Michel Rabate Aporia Auto-immunity Biography/Autobiography/Autothanatography Deconstruction Differance Hauntology Hospitality Iterability Lies Methods Performative Poetry Undecidability Writing / Texting Index