num_pages: 211
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 Pecriture feminine 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."
language: English
title: The Book of Promethea
titlecomplete: The Book of Promethea (European Women Writers)
genres: Fiction, France, Poetry, Philosophy, LGBT, Queer, Lesbian, Literature, Feminism, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 222
publisher: University of Nebraska Press