Synopses & Reviews
Adapted from a special issue of Literature Interpretation Theory, Helene Cixous: Critical Impressions explores one of the most significant voices in contemporary literature. Bringing together prominent critics from around the globe to explore the range and impact of Helene Cixous' work, this collection of essays approaches Cixous from the perspectives of feminist theory, materialist criticism, biographical criticism, and reader- response methodologies.
Synopsis
First published in 1999. Each volume in the Lit Book Series will contain a wide range of essays on a particular author, theme or genre. By offering a forum for oftentimes competing, but equally compelling, theoretical points of view within each volume, the editors hope to generate interest, debate, dissent, appreciation and attention for each volume's topic. The Lit Book Series will provide a valuable venue for scholars, writers and general readers to encounter, examine, produce and discuss insightful, sound scholarship about important fields of study. This international collection of essays regards the work of H l ne Cixous with all the complexity that she herself brings to her engagement with literature and psychology. Cixous is well known as an interpreter of Freudian and Lacanian theories, especially those connecting gender and the production of language. She is also a noted writer of fiction and drama as well as a distinguished theorist of literary feminism.