Table of Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Clarice Lispector and the Writing of Poststructuralism
• Chapter 2: A Semiotics of Being: Style, Structure, and Meaning in a Poststructural Key
• Chapter 3: The Erotics of Being: Self, Other, and Language
• Chapter 4: Characterizations, Relationships, and States of Being: Feminine, Masculine, Androgynous, and Nongendered
• Chapter 5: From l'Écriture Féminine to Littérature Engagée to Writing the (Semiotic) Body (Politic): The Sociopolitical Dimension of Lispector's Textes
• Chapter 6: Psychoanalysis and the Poststructural Anxieties of the Lispectorian Universe
• Conclusion
• Appendix 1: The Works of Clarice Lispector
• Appendix 2: In-text Abbreviations
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index

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.

Reviews

"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