Essays
Clarice Lispector and Nomadic Creativity
Maria Graciete Besse
; Université Paris IV - Sorbonne
Abstract
Clarice Lispector spent part of her life abroad accompanying her husband diplomat, first in Europe and then the USA. Through correspondence with family and friends, gathered in part in The Only Means of Living (Paris, Rivages, 2010), the reader has access to this sacramental experience that runs on for more than three decades, providing a moving self-portrait of the letter writer confronted with the pain of separation. In this selection of letters, Lispector seeks dialogue with another, describes the visible topographical anchors of her existence, depicts her inner conflicts, shares her literary concerns and questions her relationship with writing. The essay examines the extent ambulatory writing can be an opportunity for intellectual and ontological experimentation but also function as a laboratory of creative writing. In this perspective, the letter, which oscillates between spontaneity and literariness, is the crucible of a living thought, marked by the fragmentary and nomadism.
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171009
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Publication date:
18.11.2016.
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