This major new collection of texts by Helene Cixous brings together a range of important untranslated as well as four previously unpublished essays. These essays deal with literature, politics, history, Algeria, and the university and include works from Cixous' most significant contributions to literary criticism (Joyce, Kleist, Stendhal, Kafka, Shakespeare) as well as her contemporary writing on human rights and geo-politics. They are all informed by Cixous' unique gift for combining a writer's love of idiom and life with a scholar's acute deconstructive reading. These texts present an extended account of what Cixous calls here 'autobibliography' in which writing, theory, politics and life combine to open up the world through critical reading and self-reflection. 'I am on the side of life', says Cixous. These essays affirm Cixous' reputation as one of our greatest readers and sources of critical light in the world today. Key Features *Author is a leading French theorist and writer *Essays cover a wide range of topics and contemporary issues
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Weight: 602g
Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
Publication Date: 07 Jul 2011
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780748639038
About Helene CixousHlne Cixous
Helene Cixous is Director of the Centre d'Etudes Feminines at Universite Paris VIII Emerita. one of the foremost intellectuals and creative writers in France and a major figure in the emergence and global spread of postmodern literary theory late-20th-century Continental Thought and Women's Studies. She is the author of more than 40 novels 14 plays and 15 volumes of theory and essays. Her work has been translated into more than 20 languages including Japanese Korean Hindi and Urdu. Eric Prenowitz is Lecturer in Cultural Studies at the University of Leeds. He is an acclaimed reader and translator of both Helene Cixous and Jacques Derrida. Recent publications include special editions of parallax and New Literary History on the work of Helene Cixous and 'Revecrire' in Rever croire penser CampagnePremiere 2010.
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