Hélene Cixous

Author : Mireille Calle-Gruber,Hélène Cixous
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-12
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781134731671

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Hélène Cixous, Rootprints by Mireille Calle-Gruber,Hélène Cixous Pdf

Helene Cixous is undoubtedly one of the most brilliant and innovative contemporary thinkers. Published here in English for the first time Helene Cixous, Rootprints is an ideal introduction to Cixous's theory and her fiction, tracing her development as a writer and intellectual whose remarkable prespicacity and electrifying poetic force are known world-wide. Unprecedented in its form and content this collection breaks new ground in the theory and practice of auto/biography. Cixous's creative reflections on the past provide occasion for scintillating forays into the future. The text includes: * an extended interview between Cixous and Calle-Gruber, exploring Cixous's creative and intellectual processes * a revealing collection of photographs taken from Cixous's family album, set against a poetic reflection by the author * selections from Cixous's private notebooks * a contribution by Jacques Derrida * original 'thing-pieces' by Calle-Gruber.

Author : Hélène Cixous
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0816614660

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The Newly Born Woman by Hélène Cixous Pdf

Published in France as La jeune nee in 1975, and now translated for the first time into English, The Newly Born Woman seeks to uncover the veiled structures of language and society that have situated women in the position called 'woman's place.'

Author : Häl_ne Cixous
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0803263430

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The Book of Promethea by Häl_ne Cixous Pdf

In writing Le Livre de Promethea Häl_ne Cixous set for herself the task of bridging the immeasurable distance between love and language. She describes a love between twoøwomen in its totality, experienced as both a physical presence and a sense of infinity. The result is a stunning example of Pecriture feminine that won kudos when published in France in 1983. Its translation into English by Betsy Wing will extend the influence of a writer already famous for her novels and contributions to feminist theory. In her introduction Betsy Wing notes the contemporary emphasis on "fictions of presence." Cixous, in The Book of Promethea, works to "repair the separation between fiction and presence, trying to chronicle a very-present love without destroying it in the writing."

Author : Nicholas Royle
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781526140685

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Hélène Cixous by Nicholas Royle Pdf

A lucid, original and inventive critical introduction to Helene Cixous (1937-). Royle offers close readings of many of her works, from Inside (1969) to the present. He foregrounds Cixous's importance for 'English literature' as well as creative writing, autobiography, narrative theory, psychoanalysis, ecology, gender studies and queer theory.

Author : Hélène Cixous,Jacques Derrida,Geoffrey Bennington
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0804737959

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Veils by Hélène Cixous,Jacques Derrida,Geoffrey Bennington Pdf

This book combines loosely "autobiographical" texts by two of the most influential French intellectuals of our time. "Savoir," by Hélène Cixous is an account of her experience of recovered sight after a lifetime of severe myopia; Jacques Derrida's "A Silkworm of One's Own" muses on a host of motifs, including his varied responses to "Savoir."

Author : Ian Blyth
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2004-06-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 082646680X

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Hélène Cixous: Live Theory by Ian Blyth Pdf

Hlne Cixous: live theory provides a clear and informative introduction to one of the most important and influential European writers working today. The book opens with an overview of the key features of Cixous theory of criture fminine (feminine writing). The various manifestations of criture fminine are then explored in chapters on Cixous fictional and theatrical writing, her philosophical essays, and her intensely personal approach to literary criticism. The book concludes with a new, lively and wide-ranging interview with Hlne Cixous in which she discusses her influences and inspirations, and her thoughts on the nature of writing and the need for an ethical relationship with the world. Also offering a survey of the many English translations of Cixous work, this book is an indispensable introduction to Cixous work for students of literature, philosophy, cultural and gender studies.

Author : Hélène Cixous
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2002-01-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781134680993

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Stigmata by Hélène Cixous Pdf

Hèléne Cixous -- author, playwright and French feminist theorist -- is a key figure in twentieth-century literary theory. Stigmata brings together her most recent essays for the first time. Acclaimed for her intricate and challenging writing style, Cixous presents a collection of texts that get away -- escaping the reader, the writers, the book. Cixous's writing pursues authors such as Stendhal, Joyce, Derrida, and Rembrandt, da Vinci, Picasso -- works that share an elusive movement in spite of striking differences. Along the way these essays explore a broad range of poetico-philosophical questions that have become characteristic of Cixous' work: * love's labours lost and found * feminine hours * autobiographies of writing * the prehistory of the work of art Stigmata goes beyond theory, becoming an extraordinary writer's testimony to our lives and times.

Author : Verena Andermatt Conley
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0803263457

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Häl_ne Cixous by Verena Andermatt Conley Pdf

Born in Algeria in 1937, Häl_ne Cixous achieved world fame for her short stories, criticism, and fictionalized autobiography (Dedans, 1969). Her work quickly became controversial because it frankly tested a distinction between male and female writing. Her literary experiments and her conclusions make her one of the most stimulating and most elusive feminist theorists of our time. Verena Andermatt Conley, a professor of French and women's studies at Miami University, has written the first full-length study of Cixous in English. Looking at Cixous as writer, teacher, and theoretician, Conley takes up Cixous's ongoing exploration of the "feminine" as related to the "masculine"?words not to be equated with "woman" and "man"?and her search for a terminology less freighted with emotion and prejudgment. Conley has updated this paperback edition with a new preface, bibliography, and interview with Cixous conducted by the editors of Hors Cadre.

Author : Susan Sellers
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2003-08-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781134944750

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The Hélène Cixous Reader by Susan Sellers Pdf

This is the first truly representative collection of texts by Helene Cixous. The substantial pieces range broadly across her entire oeuvre, and include essays, works of fiction, lectures and drama. Arranged helpfully in chronological order, the extracts span twenty years of intellectual thought and demonstrate clearly the development of one of the most creative and brilliant minds of the twentieth century. With a foreword by Jacques Derrida, a preface by Cixous herself, and first-class editorial material by Susan Sellers, The Helene Cixous Reader is destined to become a key text of feminist writing.

Author : Helene Cixous,Susan Sellers
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317492733

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White Ink by Helene Cixous,Susan Sellers Pdf

Helene Cixous is widely regarded as one of the world's most influential feminist writers and thinkers. "White Ink" brings together her most revealing interviews, available in English for the first time. Spanning over four decades and including a new interview with the editor Susan Sellers, this collection presents a brilliant, running commentary on the subjects at the heart of Cixous' writing.Here, Cixous discusses her books and her creative process, her views on and insights into literature, philosophy, theatre, politics, aesthetics, faith and ethics, human relations and the state of the world. As she responds to interviewers' questions, Cixous is prompted to reflect on her roles and activities as poet, playwright, feminist theorist, professor of literature, philosopher, woman, Jew. Each interview is a remarkable performance, an event in language and thought where Cixous' celebrated intellectual and poetic force can be witnessed 'in action'. The accessibility of the interview format provides an excellent starting-point for readers new to Cixous, while those already familiar with her work will find unexpected insights and fresh elucidations of her thought.

Author : Hélène Cixous
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0231076592

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Three Steps on the Ladder of Writing by Hélène Cixous Pdf

Three Steps on the Ladder of Writing is a poetic, insightful, and ultimately moving exploration of 'the strange science of writing.' In a magnetic, irresistible narrative, Cixous reflects on the writing process and explores three distinct areas essential for 'great' writing: The School of the Dead--the notion that something or someone must die in order for good writing to be born; The School of Dreams--the crucial role dreams play in literary inspiration and output; and The School of Roots--the importance of depth in the 'nether realms' in all aspects of writing. Cixous's love of language and passion for the written word is evident on every page. Her emotive style draws heavily on the writers she most admires: the Brazilian novelist Clarice Lispector, the Russian poet Marina Tsvetaeva, the Austrian novelists Ingeborg Bachmann and Thomas Bernhard, Dostoyevsky and, most of all, Kafka.

Author : Hélène Cixous
Publisher : French List
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2020-03-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0857427547

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Tomb(e) by Hélène Cixous Pdf

"In 1968-69 I wanted to die, that is to say, stop living, being killed, but it was blocked on all sides," wrote Hélène Cixous, esteemed French feminist, playwright, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist. Instead of suicide, she began to dream of writing a tomb for herself. This tomb became a work that is a testament to Cixous's life and spirit and a secret book, the first book she ever authored. Originally written in 1970, Tombe is a Homerian recasting of Shakespeare's Venus and Adonis in the thickets of Central Park, a book Cixous provocatively calls the "all-powerful-other of all my books, it sparks them off, makes them run, it is their Messiah." Masterfully translated by Laurent Milesi, Tombe preserves the sonic complexities and intricate wordplay at the core of Cixous's writing, and reveals the struggles, ideas, and intents at the center of her work. With a new prologue by the author, this is a necessary document in the development of Cixous's aesthetic as a writer and theorist, and will be eagerly welcomed by readers as a crucial building block in the foundation of her later work.

Author : Hélène Cixous
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0674144376

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"Coming to Writing" and Other Essays by Hélène Cixous Pdf

This collection presents six essays by one of France's most remarkable contemporary authors. A notoriously playful stylist, here Hélène Cixous explores how the problematics of the sexes--viewed as a paradigm for all difference, which is the organizing principle behind identity and meaning--manifest themselves, write themselves, in texts. These superb translations do full justice to Cixous's prose, to its songlike flow and allusive brilliance.

Author : Hélène Cixous
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:79332211

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Laugh of the Medusa by Hélène Cixous Pdf

Author : Lee A. Jacobus,Regina Barreca
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2005-07-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781135300241

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Hélène Cixous by Lee A. Jacobus,Regina Barreca Pdf

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.