Gain Access To Gates Of Freedom: Voltairine De Cleyre And The Revolution Of The Mind Narrated By Eugenia C. Delamotte File Leaflet

marvelous tribute to a brilliant woman whose writings and speeches on anarchism and feminism were very influential and respected worldwide foryears, Yet Voltairine de Cleyre is forgotten and unmentioned in any modern US history, world history, or history of feminism,
The first half is an overview of de Cleyre's development, philosophies, and influence, In this section the author's language is sometimes didactic and pedantic: ", . . de Cleyre differs from nonanarchistic ironists in the radical operation of her spiral of repetition, which at the same time reveals key ideological terms as profoundly divided from their ostensible meanings and dissolves the false dividing lines between categories that dominant ideologies mystify as separate.
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The second half is a generous selection of her writings including letters, poetry, articles, and lectures, "The question of souls is old we demand our bodies, now, " These words are not from a feminist manifesto of the late twentieth century, but from a fiery speech given a hundred years

earlier by Voltairine de Cleyre, a leading anarchist and radical thinker.
A contemporary of Emma Goldmanwho called her "the most gifted and brilliant anarchist woman America ever produced"de Cleyre was a significant force in a major social movement that sought to transform American society and culture at its root.
But she belongs to a group of latenineteenthcentury freethinkers, anarchists, and sexradicals whose writing continues to be excluded from the U, S. literary and historical canon.

Gates of Freedom considers de Cleyre's speeches, letters, and essays, including her most well known essay, "Sex Slavery, " Part I brings current critical concerns to bear on de Cleyre's writings, exploring her contributions to the anarchist movement, her analyses of justice and violence, and her views on women, sexuality, and the body.
Eugenia DeLamotte demonstrates both de Cleyre's literary significance and the importance of her work to feminist theory, women's studies, literary and cultural studies, U, S. history, and contemporary social and cultural analysis, Part II presents a thematically organized selection of de Cleyre's stirring writings, making Gates of Freedom appealing to scholars, students, and anyone interested in Voltairine de Cleyre's fascinating life and rousing work.




Eugenia C, DeLamotte is Associate Professor of English, Arizona State University, .