Readings
Poetics of Blanchot, Joyce, Kafka, Kleist, Lispector and Tsvetayeva
Helene Cixous(Author)
Prentice-Hall (Publisher)
Published on 1. March 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-0-7450-1150-9 (ISBN)
Description
This book offers a series of striking textual studies of major literary figures and "emergent" authors. Written in an accessible, direct style the texts can be read as inspiration for Helen Cixous's fictional and critical practices. They not only introduce readers to writings from Brazil, Russia and Eastern Europe, they also give new, incisive insights into classic works such as Joyce's "Portrait of the Artist" and Kafka's "Before the Law". While the selection of texts reflects Cixous's ongoing concern with the origin of writing, with questions of love and the gift, and her insistence on pleasure, they also reveal her interest in problems of history. The juxtaposition of texts across centuries and national boundaires opens up exciting possibilities of multiple and fluid readings. Drawing on philosophy and psychoanalysis, this volume of readings can be read side by side with "Reading With Clarice Lispector" as an ongoing meditation on ethics and poetics.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Harlow
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pearson Education Limited
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
index
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 154 mm
Weight
289 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7450-1150-9 (9780745011509)
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Book
04/1992
Prentice-Hall
€75.71
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Persons
Content
Writing and the law - Blanchot, Joyce, Kafka and Lispector; grace and innocence - Heinrich von Kleist; apprenticeship and alienation - Clarice Lispector and Maurice Blanchot; poetry, passion and history - Marina Tsvetayeva.