Limit this search to....

Helene Cixous: Authorship, Autobiography and Love
Contributor(s): Sellers, Susan (Author)
ISBN: 0745612555     ISBN-13: 9780745612553
Publisher: Polity Press
OUR PRICE:   $24.70  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: April 1996
Qty:
Annotation: 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.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | European - French
- Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory
Dewey: 848.914
LCCN: 95-50695
Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers
Physical Information: 0.67" H x 6.01" W x 9.03" (0.73 lbs) 216 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - French
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
This is an introductory study of the work of Helene Cixous, novelist, dramatist and critic, whose work has had an extensive impact on the new French feminist theoretical movement.