Sexuality and Being in the Poststructuralist Universe of Clarice Lispector: The Differance of Desire (Texas Pan American Series) - Softcover

Fitz, Earl E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0292725299 ISBN 13: 9780292725294

Publisher: University of Texas Press, 2001

Synopsis

Driven by an unfulfilled desire for the unattainable, ultimately indefinable Other, the protagonists of the novels and stories of acclaimed Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector exemplify and humanize many of the issues central to poststructuralist thought, from the nature of language, truth, and meaning to the unstable relationships between language, being, and reality. In this book, Earl Fitz demonstrates that, in turn, poststructuralism offers important and revealing insights into all aspects of Lispector's writing, including her style, sense of structure, characters, themes, and socio-political conscience.

Fitz draws on Lispector's entire oeuvre—novels, stories, crônicas, and children's literature—to argue that her writing consistently reflects the basic tenets of poststructuralist theory. He shows how Lispector's characters struggle over and humanize poststructuralist dilemmas and how their essential sense of being is deeply dependent on a shifting, and typically transgressive, sense of desire and sexuality.

About this title

About the Author:

Earl E. Fitz is Professor of Portuguese, Spanish, and Comparative Literature and Director of the Program in Comparative Literature at Vanderbilt University.

Review:

"Fitz is a well-established scholar whose work on Lispector is highly respected, and this is a well-focused and very knowledgeable study. One of the things I particularly like about this book is that it makes a case for reading Lispector in the light of poststructuralist theory without overwhelming the reader." -Debra A. Castillo, Professor of Romance Studies and Director of Latin American Studies Program, Cornell University

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0292725299
• ISBN 13: 9780292725294
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272