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In writing Le Livre de Promethea Hélène Cixous set for herself the task of bridging the immeasurable distance between love and language. She describes a love between two women in its totality, experienced as both a physical presence and a sense of infinity. The result is a stunning example of Écriture féminine 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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Das Buch von Promethea, Hélène Cixous, Karin Rick
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- Released
- 1990
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- Title
- Das Buch von Promethea
- Language
- German
- Authors
- Hélène Cixous, Karin Rick
- Publisher
- Wiener Frauenverlag
- Released
- 1990
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 240
- ISBN10
- 3900399395
- ISBN13
- 9783900399399
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Poetry, Philosophical Topics, LGBTQ+, France
- Rating
- 4.15 out of 5
- Description
- In writing Le Livre de Promethea Hélène Cixous set for herself the task of bridging the immeasurable distance between love and language. She describes a love between two women in its totality, experienced as both a physical presence and a sense of infinity. The result is a stunning example of Écriture féminine 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."