The German Illusion: Germany and Jewish-German Motifs in Hélène Cixous's Late Work
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Examines Jewish-German "tropes" in H l ne Cixous's oeuvre and life and their impact on her work as a feminist, poet, and playwright.
H l ne Cixous is a poet, philosopher, and activist known worldwide for her manifesto on criture feminine (feminine writing) and for her influential literary texts, plays, and essays. While the themes were rarely present in her earlier writings, Germany and Jewish-German family figures and topics have significantly informed most of Cixous's late works. Born in Algeria in June 1937, she grew up with a mother who had escaped Germany after the rise of Nazism and a grandmother who fled the racial laws of the Third Reich in 1938. In her writing, Cixous refines the primitive scene of a "German" upbringing in French-occupied colonial, antisemitic Algeria. Scholar and filmmaker Olivier Morel delves into the signs and influences that "Germany," "German," and "Osnabr ck" have exerted over Cixous's work. Featuring an exclusive interview with H l ne Cixous and stills from their travel together to Osnabr ck in Morel's 2018 documentary, Ever, R ve, H l ne Cixous, Morel's The "German Illusion" examines the unique literary meditation on the Holocaust sustained throughout her later texts. Morel helps us to understand an uncannily original oeuvre that embodies the complexities of modernity's genocidal history in a new way.Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:B0BZGJ1HN2
ISBN13:9798765107379
Release Date:December 2023
Publisher:Bloomsbury Academic
Length:288 Pages
Weight:1.06 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"
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