Hélène Cixous : live theory / Ian Blyth with Susan Sellers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blyth, Ian.

Contributor:

Sellers, Susan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cixous, Hélène, 1937---Criticism and interpretation.

Cixous, Hélène.

Cixous, Hélène, 1937-.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

164 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : Continuum, 2004.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

2 Feminine writing 18

3 Fiction and theatre 35

4 Poetic theory 67

5 Cixous on others: others on Cixous 82

6 Cixous live 99.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0826466796

082646680X

OCLC:

53912698