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Readings: The Poetics of Blanchot, Joyce, Kakfa, Kleist, Lispector, and Tsvetayeva
Hélène Cixous
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Description for Readings: The Poetics of Blanchot, Joyce, Kakfa, Kleist, Lispector, and Tsvetayeva
Paperback. Series: Theory & History of Literature S. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 10. Weight in Grams: 280.
Readings: The Poetics of Blanchot, Joyce, Kafka, Kleist, Lispector, and Tsvetayeva offers striking and novel textual studies of major literary figures and emergent authors. Selected from Cixous’s seminars taught between 1980 and 1986 at the Universite de Paris VII (Saint-Denis) and at the College International de Philosophie, the texts chronicle the French intellectual scene with its shifting tastes over the decade following May 1986.
In their simple and accessible language, the texts can be read as inspiration for Cixous’s fictional and critical practices. They not only introduce readers to emergent texts from Brazil and Russia, such as Clarice Lispector’s “Foreign Legion” ... Read moreProduct Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Series
Theory & History of Literature S.
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816619412
SKU
V9780816619412
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99-50
About Hélène Cixous
Helene Cixous chairs the Center of Research in Feminine Studies at the Universite de Paris VII (Saint-Denis). A prolific author, her works have been translated into Danish, German, and English. Verena Andermatt Conley is professor of French and women’s studies at Miami University at Ohio. She is the author of Helene Cixous: Writing the Feminine.
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