Cixous, HÉlÈne(1937–)
Hélène Cixous was born in Oran, Algeria, on June 5, 1937. Her father was of French-colonial and Jewish descent and her mother was Austro-German...
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Over the past two decades, French literature has explored new ways of expressing the self and the relationship between the self and the world. With the advent of the human sciences--linguistics, anthr...
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Hélène Cixous has been a major influence on most aspects of modern cultural and critical theory. Her concept of écriture féminine (feminine writing), and the avant-garde ma...
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In the following excerpt from a review in which he examines a number of books on the work of James Joyce, Boyle offers a negative assessment of The Exile of James Joyce. He states that while it reflec...
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In the following excerpt, Shiach analyzes the development of Cixous's ideas about the relationships between writing, subjectivity, sexuality, and social change.
An Excerpt from "coming...
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Steiner is a Canadian-born American critic and educator who has written works on such authors as Gertrude Stein and Roman Jakobson. In the review below, she offers mixed assessments of "Coming ...
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In the following excerpt, Baker offers a positive review of "Coming to Writing," and Other Essays. He states that while Cixous's works can be difficult and that readers must come ...
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Duren is an American educator. In the essay below, he notes that Cixous, in such works as La jeune née and Prénoms de personne, attempts to undermine and subvert traditional notions of l...
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Kuhn is an English critic and educator who has written or edited numerous works on feminism, including The Power of the Image: Essays on Representation and Sexuality (1985) and The Feminist Companion ...
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Conley is a Swiss-born critic and educator. In the interview below, which was conducted in January 1982, Cixous discusses such topics as her concept of écriture féminine (or feminine wri...
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Moi is an American educator and critic who has written extensively about various issues in literature, film, and feminist critical theory. In the essay below, she provides an overview of Cixous'...
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In the following excerpt, Libertin provides a favorable review of The Newly Born Woman.
Those who are unfamiliar with Hélène Cixous's "Laugh of the Medusa" or wit...
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In the positive review below, the critic discusses the central themes of The Newly Born Woman.
[The Newly Born Woman] represents the new French feminist theoretical movement today. Its authors expl...
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Below, Wright and Chisholm offer a favorable assessment of The Newly Born Woman, stating that "this is an important book, which transgresses the boundaries between fiction and non-fiction, poet...
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Jenson edited "Coming to Writing," and Other Essays and contributed to it the essay excerpted below. In the following, she provides a thematic and stylistic overview of Cixous's w...
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