Hélène Cixous Livres

Ceci n'est pas un objet mort, mais une explosion souterraine aux conséquences séismiques qui se font encore sentir aujourd'hui. En 1965, cette explosion mentale et culturelle se produit dans les Bibliothèques de manuscrits rares des Universités de Yale, Buffalo, Columbia, et dans des lieux emblématiques de Manhattan. Ces endroits, appelés "puissances-autres", sont liés à l'histoire et à la géographie de New York, semblables aux lieux fatidiques de l'Odyssée. Ils sont peuplés de souvenirs, de rêves et de démons, où l'on vient mourir pour ressusciter ou disparaître. Entre 1964 et un destin marqué par la répétition de la mort d'êtres chers, un accident mortel se produit à la Bibliothèque de Yale. La littérature, en tant que personnage principal, ronge notre raison, tandis que les personnages, épris de grands auteurs, s'approchent de l'"Œuvre" rêvée. L'imitateur se suicide intégralement dans cette quête. Les lettres, comme le disait Proust, dessinent une image différente de la personne, créant une deuxième personnalité qui supplante la première. Cette personnalité, tragique et inaccessible, devient le héros de cette tempête littéraire. La frontière entre le vrai et le faux s'estompe, et la littérature prend le pouvoir sur les sens. Le récit, témoin de déroute, porte en lui des chapitres où l'auteur s'abjure, hésitant à écrire ce livre. C'est une œuvre de buissons enflammés et de décombres, cherchant à se dégager de l'Erreur, sans

Helene Cixous, a prominent French feminist theorist and playwright, showcases her influential ideas in "Stigmata," a collection of her latest essays. This compilation highlights her significant contributions to twentieth-century literary theory, offering insights into her unique perspectives on gender, identity, and literature.

An exploration into the strange science of writing, in which the author reflects on the writing process and explores three distinct areas essential for great writing: the crucial role dreams play in literary inspiration; the importance of depth; and the notion of death.

The texts that comprise this volume were selected from Helene Cixous's seminars on the work of Clarice Lispector. They reflect Cixous's own meditations on problems of reading and writing, and on related themes such as exchange and the gift, love and passion, as well as trace the influence of Lispector's work on her own development. Reading the Brazilian writer from the vantage point of modern theory, Cixous aims to draw her into the mainstream of current debates which question the concept of the so-called rational "Cartesian" individual and which note the increasing power of the social and applied sciences that seek to establish control over the individual. The book includes extracts of Clarice Lispector's prose writing, such as "The Apple in the Dark - The Temptations of Understanding" and "The Hour of the Star:How Does One Desire Wealth or Poverty?".

Stigmata collects some of Helene Cixous' most intriguing meditations. A unique book, it is a testimony to an extraordinary writer.

The first translation into English of Mother Homer is Dead, written in the immediate aftermath of the death of the Cixous's mother in the 103rd year of her life.

"In 1968-69 I wanted to die, that is to say, stop living, being killed, but it was blocked on all sides," wrote Hélène Cixous, esteemed French feminist, playwright, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist. Instead of suicide, she began to dream of writing a tomb for herself. This tomb became a work that is a testament to Cixous's life and spirit and a secret book, the first book she ever authored. Originally written in 1970, Tombe is a Homerian recasting of Shakespeare's Venus and Adonis in the thickets of Central Park, a book Cixous provocatively calls the "all-powerful-other of all my books, it sparks them off, makes them run, it is their Messiah." Masterfully translated by Laurent Milesi, Tombe preserves the sonic complexities and intricate wordplay at the core of Cixous's writing, and reveals the struggles, ideas, and intents at the center of her work. With a new prologue by the author, this is a necessary document in the development of Cixous's aesthetic as a writer and theorist, and will be eagerly welcomed by readers as a crucial building block in the foundation of her later work.

Describes a love between two women in its totality, experienced as both a physical presence and a sense of infinity. This book also notes the contemporary emphasis on 'fictions of presence'.