James Marteau<p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Introduction</span></a> I am an Associate Prof of Romance Languages at Lyon College. I specialize in transatlantic <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/modernism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>modernism</span></a> and <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/frenchphilosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>frenchphilosophy</span></a> particularly in the oeuvres of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/samuelbeckett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>samuelbeckett</span></a> and <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/jacquesderrida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jacquesderrida</span></a> I am writing a book on surfaces in French 20th century thought and editing a collection on the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/marquisdesade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marquisdesade</span></a> My previous books are on modernists writers obsession with the figure of the mother, and in collaboration, on <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/tattoos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tattoos</span></a> as metaphors in literature.</p>