Three Steps On The Ladder Of Writing

Informationen zum Autor Helene Cixous has published more than thirty works of fiction, plays, and essays. Her recent books translated into English include 'Coming to Writing' and Other Essays ; Inside ; The Exile of James Joyce ; Portrait of Dora ; The Newly Born Woman ; and Reading with Clarice Lispector . Klappentext Three Steps on the Ladder of Writing is a poetic, insightful, and ultimately moving exploration of 'the strange science of writing.' In a magnetic, irresistible narrative, Cixous reflects on the writing process and explores three distinct areas essential for 'great' writing: The School of the Dead -- the notion that something or someone must die in order for good writing to be born; The School of Dreams -- the crucial role dreams play in literary inspiration and output; and The School of Roots -- the importance of depth in the 'nether realms' in all aspects of writing.Cixous's love of language and passion for the written word is evident on every page. Her emotive style draws heavily on the writers she most admires: the Brazilian novelist Clarice Lispector, the Russian poet Marina Tsvetaeva, the Austrian novelists Ingeborg Bachmann and Thomas Bernhard, Dostoyevsky and, most of all, Kafka. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis The School of the Dead The School of Dreams The School of Roots Notes

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• Authors: Ha(c)La]ne Cixous, Helene Cixous, Hélène Cixous, Susan Sellers
• Assisted by: Sarah Cornell (Translation), Sarah E. Cornell (Translation), Cornell Sarah (Translation), Susan Sellers (Translation), Sellers Susan (Translation)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.1994
• EAN: 9780231076593
• ISBN: 978-0-231-07659-3
• No. of pages: 162
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 230 mm x 12 mm
• Series: The Wellek Library Lectures; The Wellek Library Lectures
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Literaturtheorie, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, Literary theory, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc