Hélène Cixous : authorship, autobiography and love
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Hélène Cixous : authorship, autobiography and love
（Key contemporary thinkers）
Polity Press , Blackwell, 1996
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [150]-179) and index
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Description
This book is a clear and accessible introduction to the writings of Helene Cixous, novelist, dramatist and critic, whose work has had a major impact on feminist theory and practice. Susan Sellers, a major scholar on Cixous, provides a lucid account of Cixous's theoretical position, and in particular her distinctive theory of an 'ecriture feminine'. She discusses the development of Cixous's literary oeuvre in the context of this theory, and analyses a selection of the works in detail to illustrate the different stages in Cixous's writing career. Focusing on the key novels and plays, Sellers explores a range of issues and themes central to her work; the correlation between the death of Cixous's own father and her 'coming-into-being' as a writer; the psychological process of separation and individuation and the creation of a female authorial self; the discovery of the other and the dramatization of love; the delineation/depiction of an alternative form of relationship between self and other which would have a significance in a wider sphere than that of the merely personal.
This much-needed book will be welcomed by students in literature and literary theory, feminism and women's studies, English and French studies and philosophy.
Table of Contents
Preface. Introduction. 1. The Early Texts. 2. Creating a Feminine Subject. 3. Writing with the Voice of the Other. 4. Cixous and the Theatre. 5. Recent Writings. Conclusion. Notes. Bibliography. Index.
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