Three Steps on the Ladder of Writing (The Wellek Library Lectures) - Softcover

Cixous, Hélène

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0231076592 ISBN 13: 9780231076593

Publisher: Columbia University Press, 1994

Synopsis

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.

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Review:

"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

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0231076592
• ISBN 13: 9780231076593
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 162