Luce Irigaray and premodern culture

Theresa M. Krier, Elizabeth D. Harvey

"The essays in this collection stage conversations between the thought of the controversial feminist philosopher, linguist and psychoanalyst Luce Irigaray and premodern writers, ranging from Empedocies and Homer, to Shakespeare, Spencer and Donne. They explore both the pre-Enlightenment roots of Luce Irigaray's thought, and the impact that her writings have had on our understanding of ancient medieval and Renaissance culture." "Luce Irigaray has been a major figure in Anglo-American literary theory, philosophy and gender studies ever since her germinal works. Speculum of the Other Woman and This Sex Which Is Not One, were published in English translation in 1985. This collection is the first sustained examination of Irigaray's crucial relationship to premodern discourses underpinning Western culture, and of the transformative effect she has had on scholars working in pre-Enlightenment...

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