| Description |
1 online resource (292 pages) |
| Series |
The frontiers of theory |
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Frontiers of theory.
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| Contents |
Fiction and its phantoms : a reading of Freud's Das Unheimliche (The "uncanny") -- The character of "character" -- Missexuality : where come I play? -- The pleasure reinciple, or, Paradox lost -- Reaching the point of wheat, or, A portrait of the artist as a maturing woman -- Letter to Zohra Drif -- The names of Oran -- The book as one of its own characters -- How not to speak of Algeria -- The Oklahoma Nature Theater is recruiting -- The book I don't write -- The unforeseeable -- Passion Michel Foucault -- Promised cities -- Volleys of humanity |
| Summary |
A new collection from one of the most famous and influential French theorists. These 15 essays - 6 previously unpublished even in French and 5 published in English for the first time - span nearly 40 years of Cixous' writing. Here, she ranges over literature, philosophy, politics and culture in what she calls her 'autobibliography'. Key Features. Considers a wide variety of writers, including Proust, Kleist, Lispector, Joyce, Shakespeare and Stendhal Each essay is accompanied by references and commentary |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Essays in English; four previously unpublished in the original French, five published in English for the first time, and two revised translations |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
French literature -- History and criticism
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LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- Essays.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.
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French literature
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Prenowitz, Eric, editor.
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| ISBN |
9780748647583 |
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0748647589 |
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128325283X |
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9781283252836 |
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9780748649181 |
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0748649182 |
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