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The Book of Promethea

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by Helene Cixous
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Availability:In StockContributor:Helene Cixous, Betsy Wing (Translator), Betsy Wing (Introduction by)Series:European Women WritersPublish date:1991-02-01Pages:232
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Nebraska PressISBN-13:9780803263437ISBN-10:803263430UPC:9780803263437Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Feminism & Feminist TheorySize:8.99 x 5.09 x 0.64 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCHTYWQR8G
In writing Le Livre de Promethea H?l?ne Cixous set for herself the task of bridging the immeasurable distance between love and language. She describes a love between two women in its totality, experienced as both a physical presence and a sense of infinity. The result is a stunning example of Pecriture feminine that won kudos when published in France in 1983. Its translation into English by Betsy Wing will extend the influence of a writer already famous for her novels and contributions to feminist theory.

In her introduction Betsy Wing notes the contemporary emphasis on "fictions of presence." Cixous, in The Book of Promethea, works to "repair the separation between fiction and presence, trying to chronicle a very-present love without destroying it in the writing."

Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Nebraska PressISBN-13:9780803263437ISBN-10:803263430UPC:9780803263437Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Feminism & Feminist TheorySize:8.99 x 5.09 x 0.64 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCHTYWQR8G
Hélène Cixous is also author of the play The Terrible but Unfinished Story of Norodom Sihanouk, King of Cambodia, translated by Juliet Flower MacCannell, Judith Pike, and Lollie Groth (Nebraska 1994). Betsy Wing is a freelance translator and fiction writer. She translated Catherine Clément and Hélène Cixous's La Jeune Née (The Newly Born Woman) into English in 1986. A collection of her fiction, Look Out for Hydrophobia, was published in 1990.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press

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Helene Cixous, Betsy Wing (Translator), Betsy Wing (Introduction by)

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Helene Cixous

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