By: Helene Cixous, Susan Sellers (Editor), Jacques Derrida (Introduction by)

Hardcover

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This is the first truly representative selection of texts by Helene Cixous. The substantial pieces range broadly across her entire oeuvre, and include essays, works of fiction, lectures and drama. Arranged helpfully in chronological order, the extracts span twenty years of intellectual thought and demonstrate clearly the development of one of the most creative and brilliant minds of the twentieth century. Susan Sellers' introductions to each piece will be especially helpful to readers new to the writings of Cixous.
With a foreward by Jacques Derrida, a preface by Cixous herself, and first-rate editorial material by Sellers, "The Helene Cixous Reader" is destined to become a key text of feminist writing.

"An excellent selection."
-Toril Moi, Duke University
"An indispensable point of reference."
-Nicole Ward Jouve, University of York
"Invaluable to students and scholars of Cixous in the English-speaking and English reading world."
-Helen Wilcox, University of Groningen

Foreword	p. vii
Notes	p. xiii
Preface	p. xv
Notes	p. xxiii
Acknowledgements	p. xxiv
Introduction	p. xxvi
Notes	p. xxxii
Neutral	p. 1
Notes	p. 16
Inside	p. 17
Notes	p. 24
First Names of No One	p. 25
The Newly Born Woman	p. 35
Notes	p. 46
Breaths	p. 47
Notes	p. 55
La-The (Feminine)	p. 57
Notes	p. 67
Angst	p. 69
To Live the Orange	p. 81
(With) or the Art of Innocence	p. 93
Lemonade Everything Was So Infinite	p. 105
Notes	p. 117
The Book of Promethea	p. 119
Extreme Fidelity	p. 129
Notes	p. 137
The Terrible but Unfinished Story of Norodom Sihanouk King of Cambodia	p. 139
The Place of Crime the Place of Forgiveness	p. 149
Notes	p. 156
Indiada or the India of Their Dreams	p. 157
Manna to the Mandelstams to the Mandelas	p. 163
Firstdays of the Year	p. 181
Deluge	p. 189
Three Steps on the Ladder of Writing	p. 197
Notes	p. 205
Afterword	p. 207
Notes	p. 220
Select Bibliography	p. 221
Index	p. 230
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ISBN: 9780415049290
ISBN-10: 0415049296
Audience: Tertiary; University or College
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 268
Published: 3rd October 1994
Dimensions (cm): 23.4 x 15.6  x 1.7
Weight (kg): 0.62