Hélène Cixous: Dreamer, Realist, Analyst, Writing

by Nicholas Royle

Book Overview

This book provides a wide-ranging and up-to-date critical introduction to the writings of H l ne Cixous (1937-), focusing on key motifs, such as dreams, the supernatural, literature, psychoanalysis, creative writing, realism, sexual differences, laughter, secrets, the 'Mother unconscious', drawing, painting, life writing, telephones, non-human animals, telepathy and the 'art of cutting'. There are close readings of Shakespeare, Bront , Shelley, Poe,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526160455
• ISBN13: 9781526160454
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"