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The Risks of Intimate Writing.
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Angelaki: Journal of the Theoretical Humanities . Jun2011, Vol. 16 Issue 2, p3-18. 16p. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- This paper posits that the writings of Helene Cixous convey a remarkable intimacy, firstly in the representation of love, with its relationship to knowledge and time; and, secondly, in the relationship her texts create with the reader. Cixous's use of her life, from the publication of her dreams to the life events which are the creative impetus for texts such as The Book of Promethea (1983) and The Day I Wasn't There (2000) inform a discussion of the figures of the lover, the dead child, and that of the brother, his interdiction against appearing in her texts, and the ethical dimension this produces for the reader. Finally, the implications of Cixous's imbrication of literature, dreaming, writing and life is considered as a gesture of intimacy which opens a possibility for radically reconceiving our usual separation of these realms of experience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *INTIMACY (Psychology)
*WOMEN authors
*LOVE
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0969725X
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Angelaki: Journal of the Theoretical Humanities
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 64133942
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0969725X.2011.591581