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Published here in English for the first time, Hélène Cixous, Rootprints: Memory and Life Writing traces Cixous’s development as a writer and intellectual whose remarkable perspicacity and poetic force are known worldwide.  \nThis unique collection speaks with many voices and in different registers, allowing the reader myriad entries into the rich diversity of Cixous’s works. At once profound and limpid, Rootprints is an ideal introduction to Cixous’s theory and fiction, exploring such vital questions as sexual difference, literary theory, feminism, philosophy, self and other, death and life. It weaves together a broad range of documents: extended interview, critical essays, photographs from Cixous’s family album, pages from her private notebooks, with a stunning poetico-biographical musing by the author, complete with bio-bibliographical information and a contribution by Jacques Derrida.  \nThis book will provide endless fascination for all those who wish to get to know the author, the professor, the political activist, the dreamer, the mother, the daughter, the analyst, the thinker, the person, named Hélène Cixous.  \nHélène Cixous has written nearly thirty books of poetic fiction, innumerable critical essays, and eight plays. Her works have been translated into more than ten languages. She is Professor of Literature at the Université de Paris VIII, an experimental university she helped found in 1968.  \nMireille Calle-Gruber is Professor of French Literature at Queen’s University, Ontario. She is also a writer and has published widely. Her works include Les Partitions de Claude Ollier (Paris: L’Harmatton, 1996), La division de l’intérieur (Montréal: L’Hexagone, 1996) and On the Feminine (New Jersey: Humanities Press, 1996) .  \nEric Prenowitz is affiliated with the Centre d’Etudes Féminines atthe Universite de Paris VIII.  \nThis work was made possible by assistance from the  \nSocial Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada (SSHCC)  \nHélène Cixous Rootprints  \nMemory and Life Writing  \nHélène Cixous and Mireille Calle-Gruber  \n(translated by Eric Prenowitz)  \nLondon and New York  \nFirst published in French by Editions des femmes, Paris, France, as Photos de Racine, 1994  \nFirst published in English 1997  \nby Routledge  \n11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2003.  \nSimultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge  \n29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001 © 1997 Hélène Cixous and Mireille Calle-Gruber  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.  \nBritish Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book has been requested  \nISBN 0-203-44359-4 Master e-book ISBN  \nISBN 0-203-75183-3 (Adobe eReader Format)  \nISBN 0-415-15541-X (hbk)  \nISBN 0-415-15542-8 (pbk)  \nFor Marguerite Sandré who has played a vital role in Hélène Cixous’s seminars for more than twenty years  \nContents  \nWE ARE ALREADY IN THE JAWS OF THE BOOK  \nINTER VIEWS  \nHélèn Cixous, Mireille Calle-Gruber 1  \nAPPENDICES  \nJacques Derrida, Hélène Cixous 117  \nPORTRAIT OF THE WRITING  \nMireille Calle-Gruber 135  \nALBUMS AND LEGENDS  \nHélène Cixous 177  \nCHRONICLE  \nMireille Calle-Gruber 207  \nBIBLIOGRAPHY 215  \nAFTERMATHS  \nEric Prenowitz 241  \nWE ARE ALREADY IN THE JAWS OF THE BOOK  \nINTER VIEWS","cbCairVlKHH0nwW3","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCairVlKHH0nwW3","pdf",2040994,263,"English","# Contents\n## We Are Already in the Jaws of the Book\n## Inter Views\n## Appendices\n## Portrait of the Writing\n## Albums and Legends\n## Chronicle\n## Bibliography\n## Aftermaths","[{\"question\":\"What kinds of materials are collected in Rootprints?\",\"answer\":\"Rootprints brings together extended interviews, critical essays, family-album photographs, and pages from Cixous’s private notebooks, along with poetico-biographical writing and supporting bio-bibliographical information.\"},{\"question\":\"Which topics does the book say it explores?\",\"answer\":\"The text highlights vital questions such as sexual difference, literary theory, feminism, philosophy, self and other, and death and life.\"},{\"question\":\"Who are the contributors mentioned alongside Hélène Cixous?\",\"answer\":\"The book references contributions and affiliations for Mireille Calle-Gruber and Eric Prenowitz, and it includes a contribution by Jacques Derrida.\"}]","Hélène Cixous Rootprints - Memory and Life Writing - An introduction to Cixous's theory and fiction | PDF",1789941062,405]