Helene Cixous is undoubtedly one of the most brilliant and innovative contemporary thinkers. Published here in English for the first time Helene Cixous, Rootprints is an ideal introduction to Cixous's theory and her fiction, tracing her development as a writer and intellectual whose remarkable prespicacity and electrifying poetic force are known world-wide.
Unprecedented in its form and content this collection breaks new ground in the theory and practice of auto/biography. Cixous's creative reflections on the past provide occasion for scintillating forays into the future.
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Published in this volume in English, this autobiography traces Helene Cixous's development as a writer and intellectual and serves also as an introduction to her theory and fiction. It includes an extended interview between Cixous and Calle-Gruber and a revealing collection of photographs taken from Cixous's family album.