Three Steps on the Ladder of Writing

Erscheinungsjahr 1994
ISBN: 978-0-231-07659-3
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 162 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 227 mm, Gewicht: 268 g

Reihe: The Wellek Library Lectures

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cixous, Helene

Cixous, Hélène

Weitere Mitwirkende

Cornell, Sarah

Sellers, Susan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Semantik & Pragmatik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The School of the DeadThe School of DreamsThe School of RootsNotes

Über Autor(innen)

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.