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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451399203321

Autore

Perry Phyllis Alesia <1961-, >

Titolo

Stigmata / / Phyllis Alesia Perry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Hyperion, , 1998

ISBN

1-134-68099-6

0-203-22062-5

1-280-18273-3

9786610182732

1-134-68100-3

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (207 p.)

Disciplina

844.914

844/.914

Soggetti

Stigmatization

French literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-198) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Bathsheba or the interior Bible -- Without end, no, State of drawingness, no, rather The executioner's taking off -- In October 1991 ... -- Hiss of the axe -- What is a clock? or The door (we never enter) -- Love of the wolf -- 'Mamãe, disse ele,' or Joyce's second hand -- Unmasked! -- Writing blind : conversation with the donkey -- My Algeriance, in other words : to depart not to arrive from Algeria -- Shared at dawn -- Stigmata, or Job the dog.

Sommario/riassunto

Hèléne Cixous -- author, playwright and French feminist theorist -- is a key figure in twentieth-century literary theory. Stigmata brings together her most recent essays for the first time.Acclaimed for her intricate and challenging writing style, Cixous presents a collection of texts that get away -- escaping the reader, the writers, the book. Cixous's writing pursues authors such as Stendhal, Joyce, Derrida, and Rembrandt, da Vinci, Picasso -- works that share an elusive movement in spite of striking differences. Along the way these essays explore a broad range of poeti