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Literary Workshop

The Chaotic Space Where Books Are Made

AvMonique Wittig

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

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The Literary Workshop takes readers inside Monique Wittig's creative process, unlocking the practice of writing both in material and political terms. Wittig provides her most complete account of how literature and politics work together. Part of the generation that revolutionized French literature, Wittig reveals the secret of her craft: that the work a writer does with language is itself a form of resistance.Born and raised in France, Monique Wittig (1935-2003) was a driving force in second-wave feminism and one of the most brilliant authors of her generation. A provocative thinker, she famously declared that lesbians are not women and introduced women into a materialist framework by treating them as a class. Wittig is the author of, among other titles, The Straight Mind, Les Guérillères, and The Lesbian Body. Her debut novel, The Opoponax, won Le Prix Medicis.

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-07-14
Mått:140 x 210 x undefined mm
Vikt:250 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:112
Förlag:Verso Books
Medarbetare:Zeig,Sande
ISBN:9781804294451
Översättare:Jefferson, Ann, Kim, Annabel

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Monique Wittig was a feminist, activist and one of the most brilliant authors of her generation. A provocative thinker, she famously declared that lesbians are not women, and introduced women into a Marxist framework by treating women as a class. Wittig is the author of The Straight Mind, Les Guérillères, and The Lesbian Body.

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Wittig became a celebrity in the American women's movement. Her collection of essays, The Straight Mind (1992), is witty, imaginative and, as ever, experimental. It is her imaginative use of style-as-politics that will be her lasting legacy, influencing writers as diverse as Kathy Acker and Jeanette Winterson.

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FOREWORD by Sande ZeigNOTE ON THE TRANSLATION by Ann JeffersonTHE LITERARY WORKSHOPINTRODUCTIONProposition 1On The Heterogeneity and the Instability of the Components PresentProposition 2On the Materiality of LanguageProposition 3On the Effect of Abstract Philosophical Categories on Social RealityProposition 4On the Various Effects of Physical LanguageTHE LITERARY WORKSHOPTHE SOCIAL CONTRACTPRE-EXISTING FORMS: LITERATUREWORK ON LANGUAGE1.From Conventional Words to Raw Words2.Material Words3.SignifiedsPHILOSOPHICAL CATEGORIES: THE EXAMPLE OF GENDERCONCLUSIONTHE MAKING OF WITTIG'S WORKSHOP by Christine Planté