White Ink : Interviews on Sex, Text and Politics

ISBN-13: 9781844651375 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 199 str.

Helene Cixous

Opis

A collection that presents a commentary on the subjects at the heart of Helene Cixous' writing. It discusses her books and her creative process, her views on and insights into literature, philosophy, theatre, politics, aesthetics, faith and ethics, human relations and the state of the world.

Spis treści

Acknowledgments Editor's note Preface: On being interviewed Part I: Writing the enigma 1. The play of fiction 2. The novel today 3. Literature suspends death 4. In the beginnings, there were many Part II: Writing the feminine 5. When I do not write, it is as if I had died 6. My text is written in white and black, in milk and nightA" Part III: Writing and politics 7. Guardian of language 8. Against the emotion of history Part IV: Writing and theatre 9. The author between text and theatre Part V: Writing roots 10. Language is the only refuge 11. Being a Jewish woman is the ideal place Part VI: On painting, music and nature 12. You race towards that secret, which escapes 13. We must hand our inheritance on Part VII: Dialogues 14. On Marguerite Duras, with Michel Foucault 15. From the word to life, with Jacques Derrida Envoi: But the Earth still turns, and not as badly as all that Bibliography of Helene Cixous's works Index

O autorze

Helene Cixous, Susan Sellers