Hélène Cixous è una figura fondamentale della teoria femminista post-strutturalista, i cui scritti esplorano temi quali il femminismo, il corpo umano, la storia, la morte e il teatro. La sua opera è caratterizzata da un profondo impegno con la soggettività e l'esperienza femminile. Cixous è rinomata per il suo stile letterario distintivo, che spesso intreccia filosofia, poesia e autobiografia. La sua influenza si estende a numerosi campi delle discipline umanistiche, continuando a ispirare nuove generazioni di studiosi e scrittori.
Helene Cixous, a prominent French feminist theorist and playwright, showcases her influential ideas in "Stigmata," a collection of her latest essays. This compilation highlights her significant contributions to twentieth-century literary theory, offering insights into her unique perspectives on gender, identity, and literature.
This book, first published in 2003, offers an in-depth exploration of its subject matter, providing valuable insights and analysis. As part of the Routledge imprint, it reflects the high academic standards associated with Taylor & Francis, making it a significant contribution to its field. The content is designed to engage readers and stimulate critical thinking, appealing to both scholars and practitioners alike.
Cixous is recognized as a prominent French feminist author. This book narrates her rediscovery of a manuscript from over fifty years ago, prompting reflections on literary creativity, memory, identity, and dreams.
An exploration into the strange science of writing, in which the author reflects on the writing process and explores three distinct areas essential for great writing: the crucial role dreams play in literary inspiration; the importance of depth; and the notion of death.
The texts that comprise this volume were selected from Helene Cixous's seminars on the work of Clarice Lispector. They reflect Cixous's own meditations on problems of reading and writing, and on related themes such as exchange and the gift, love and passion, as well as trace the influence of Lispector's work on her own development. Reading the Brazilian writer from the vantage point of modern theory, Cixous aims to draw her into the mainstream of current debates which question the concept of the so-called rational "Cartesian" individual and which note the increasing power of the social and applied sciences that seek to establish control over the individual. The book includes extracts of Clarice Lispector's prose writing, such as "The Apple in the Dark - The Temptations of Understanding" and "The Hour of the Star:How Does One Desire Wealth or Poverty?".
Stigmata collects some of Helene Cixous' most intriguing meditations. A unique book, it is a testimony to an extraordinary writer.
In "Los, A Chapter," Hélène Cixous reflects on her elusive dream of writing "The Book-I-Don't-Write." Inspired by memories and relationships, particularly with her late friend Carlos, she explores time and existence through scenes from 1960s Paris. The book blends playfulness with depth, reclaiming lost moments in a philosophical narrative.
The first translation into English of Mother Homer is Dead, written in the immediate aftermath of the death of the Cixous's mother in the 103rd year of her life.
"In 1968-69 I wanted to die, that is to say, stop living, being killed, but it was blocked on all sides," wrote Hélène Cixous, esteemed French feminist, playwright, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist. Instead of suicide, she began to dream of writing a tomb for herself. This tomb became a work that is a testament to Cixous's life and spirit and a secret book, the first book she ever authored. Originally written in 1970, Tombe is a Homerian recasting of Shakespeare's Venus and Adonis in the thickets of Central Park, a book Cixous provocatively calls the "all-powerful-other of all my books, it sparks them off, makes them run, it is their Messiah." Masterfully translated by Laurent Milesi, Tombe preserves the sonic complexities and intricate wordplay at the core of Cixous's writing, and reveals the struggles, ideas, and intents at the center of her work. With a new prologue by the author, this is a necessary document in the development of Cixous's aesthetic as a writer and theorist, and will be eagerly welcomed by readers as a crucial building block in the foundation of her later work.
The luminous tale of a young French scholar who travels to the United States to consult the manuscripts of beloved authors