Cioran's Insomnia

A career insomniac, Cioran made insomnia a laboratory, no easy place to work in well. In 1994 he told Francois Bondy that he had never been able to write except in the melancholy of insomniac nights. Cioran considered his books to be masked autobiographies, but his insomnia is the one of the few per...

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Published in:MLN 2004-12, Vol.119 (5), p.994-1012
Main Author: Regier, Willis G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cioran, E M (Emil M) (1911-1995)
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French literature
Heroism
Insomnia
Literary criticism
Skepticism
Sleep
Sleep initiation and maintenance disorders
Solitude
Suicide
Temptation
Writers
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Summary:A career insomniac, Cioran made insomnia a laboratory, no easy place to work in well. In 1994 he told Francois Bondy that he had never been able to write except in the melancholy of insomniac nights. Cioran considered his books to be masked autobiographies, but his insomnia is the one of the few personal facts his books explore. Regier examines Cioran's books that detail his life and his insomniac nights.
ISSN:0026-7910
1080-6598
1080-6598
DOI:10.1353/mln.2005.0018