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Three Steps on the Ladder of Writing
Hélen Cixous
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paperback. An exploration into the "strange science of writing" in which the author reflects on the writing process and explores three distinct areas essential for "great" writing: the crucial role dreams play in literary inspiration; the importance of depth; and the notion of death. Translator(s): Cornell, Sarah E. Series: The Wellek Library Lectures. Num Pages: 162 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 264. Series: The Wellek Library Lectures S. 162 pages. An exploration into the "strange science of writing", in which the author reflects on the writing process and explores three distinct areas essential for "great" writing: the crucial role dreams play in literary inspiration; the importance of depth; and the notion of death. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: CFG; DSA. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 10. Weight: 250. Translator(s): Cornell, Sarah.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
162
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Series
The Wellek Library Lectures
Condition
New
Number of Pages
162
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231076593
SKU
V9780231076593
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About Hélen Cixous
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.
Reviews for Three Steps on the Ladder of Writing
Hilhne Cixous is today, in my view, the greatest writer in what I will call my language, the French language if you like. And I am weighing my words as I say that. For a great writer must be a poet-thinker, very much a poet and a very thinking poet.
Jacques Derrida
Jacques Derrida