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Item Details
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THE BOOK OF PROMETHEA
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| By: |
Helene Cixous, B. Wing (Trans) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£28.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
080321443X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780803214439 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA PRESS |
| Series: |
European Women Writers |
| Pages: |
240 |
| Translated from: |
French |
| Description: |
Part of a series which publishes the translations of major 20th-century works by European women writers, this novel chronicles a love affair between two women, exploring the everyday and mythical dimensions of their love, the risks of their love and their terror of losing each other. |
| Synopsis: |
In writing "Le Livre de Promethea" Helene Cixous set for herself the task of bridging the immeasurable distance between love and language. She describes a love between twowomen in its totality, experienced as both a physical presence and a sense of infinity. The result is a stunning example of Pecriture feminine that won kudos when published in France in 1983. Its translation into English by Betsy Wing will extend the influence of a writer already famous for her novels and contributions to feminist theory.In her introduction Betsy Wing notes the contemporary emphasis on "fictions of presence." Cixous, in "The Book of Promethea," works to "repair the separation between fiction and presence, trying to chronicle a very-present love without destroying it in the writing."" |
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US |
| Imprint: |
University of Nebraska Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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