Gates of freedom : Voltairine de Cleyre and the revolution of the mind : with selections from her writing / Eugenia C. DeLamotte.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DeLamotte, Eugenia C.

Contributor:

De Cleyre, Voltairine, 1866-1912.

Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

De Cleyre, Voltairine, 1866-1912.

De Cleyre, Voltairine.

De Cleyre, Voltairine, 1866-1912--Criticism and interpretation.

Women anarchists--United States--Biography.

Women anarchists.

Women and literature--United States.

Women and literature.

Feminists--United States--Biography.

Feminists.

Women authors, American--Biography.

Women authors, American.

Anarchism--United States.

Anarchism.

Feminism and literature--United States.

Feminism and literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2004]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"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 Goldman---who 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 late-nineteenth-century freethinkers, anarchists, and sex-radicals 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.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Part One: Revolution of the Mind

Introduction

1. Freeing Thought

2. Fated Fruit

3. Sex Slavery

4. Refashioning the Mind

Part Two: Selected Writings of Voltairine de Cleyre

Section One. De Cleyre's Lifework: Hope, Despair, Solidarity

The Burial of My Past Self

New and Strange Ideas

Civilizing the World

To Print the Force of My Will

Do You Remember . . . ?

Possessed by Barren Doubts

Impractical! Hell!

Report of the Work of the Chicago Mexican Defense League

Section Two. Freedom, Justice, Anarchism

The Hurricane

A Rocket of Iron

Appeal for Herman Helcher

The Chain Gang

The Commune Is Risen

Section Three. On Women, Sexuality, and the Body

Selling Their Bodies

Sex Slavery

The Gates of Freedom

The White Room

Mary Wollstonecraft

If I Had Married Him

The Past and Future of the Ladies' Liberal League

The Case of Woman vs. Orthodoxy

The Woman Question

The Heart of Angiolillo

The Death of Love

The Hopelessly Fallen

They Who Marry Do Ill

Notes to Part I

Works Cited

Selected Index of Names.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 322-331) and index.

Description based on information from the publisher.

ISBN:

9786612597794

9781282597792

1282597795

9780472026289

0472026283

OCLC:

606200757