Crypts of Hélène Cixous’s Past

Through a reading of Cixous’s Inside (1986), Or: Les lettres de mon père (1997), Reveries of the Wild Woman (2006) and Si Près (2007), this article explores the diverse allegories of “enclosure” in the figure of the crypt containing Cixous’s father. Part of the allegory entails a process of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nathalie Debrauwere-Miller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: New Prairie Press 2009-01-01
Series:Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature
Online Access:http://newprairiepress.org/sttcl/vol33/iss1/3