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HeLeNe Cixous: Dreamer, Realist, Analyst, Writing

Hardback

Main Details

Title HeLeNe Cixous: Dreamer, Realist, Analyst, Writing
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Nicholas Royle
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:256
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
Category/GenreLiterary theory
Literary studies - from c 1900 -
Philosophy
ISBN/Barcode 9781526140661
ClassificationsDewey:848.91409
Audience
General
Illustrations 4 black & white illustrations

Publishing Details

Publisher Manchester University Press
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publication Date 28 July 2020
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

A lucid, original and inventive critical introduction to Helene Cixous (1937-). Royle offers close readings of many of her works, from Inside (1969) to the present. He foregrounds Cixous's importance for 'English literature' as well as creative writing, autobiography, narrative theory, psychoanalysis, ecology, gender studies and queer theory. -- .

Author Biography

Nicholas Royle is Professor of English at the University of Sussex -- .

Reviews

'Royle considers Cixous's work in relation to that of authors that she has herself read and analyzed, in particular Shakespeare, Lewis Carroll, Sigmund Freud, and Jacques Derrida. The author states that his study is intended to be accessible for readers with little background in feminist literary theory, deconstruction, or psychoanalysis, and he delivers on that promise. This study is an exercise in creative reading, an approach Royle defines in the introduction for those unfamiliar with it... The book is compelling and will interest readers of Cixous in any language.' Reprinted with permission from Choice Reviews. All rights reserved. Copyright by the American Library Association. -- .