The Newly Born Woman (Theory and History of Literature)

Published In France As La Jeune Née In 1975, And Now Translated For The First Time Into English, The Newly Born Woman Seeks To Uncover The Veiled Structures Of Language And Society That Have Situated Women In The Position Called Woman's Place. Through Their Readings Of Historical, Literary, And Psychoanalytic Accounts, Hélène Cixous And Catherine Clément Explore What Is Hidden And Repressed In Culture, Revealing The Unconscious Of History. Their Work Is Set Within The Context Of American Feminism In Sandra M. Gilbert's Introduction, And Translator, Betsy Wing's Glossary Provides The Special Vocabulary Necessary For English-language Readers.--back Cover. Introduction: A Tarentella Of Theory / Sandra M. Gilbert -- The Guilty One -- Sorceress And Hysteric -- Seduction And Guilt -- Sorties: Out And Out: Attacks/ways Out/forays -- Exchange -- A Woman Mistress -- The Untenable. Hélène Cixous And Catherine Clément ; Translation By Betsy Wing ; Introduction By Sandra M. Gilbert. Translation Of: La Jeune Née. Bibliography: P. 58-59. "Published in France as La jeune née in 1975, and now translated for the first time into English, The Newly Born Woman seeks to uncover the veiled structures of language and society that have situated women in the position called "woman's place." Through their readings of historical, literary, and psychoanalytic accounts, Hélène Cixous and Catherine Clément explore what is hidden and repressed in culture, revealing the unconscious of history. Their work is set within the context of American feminism in Sandra M. Gilbert's introduction, and translator, Betsy Wing's glossary provides the special vocabulary necessary for English-language readers."-- Back cover Published in France as Le jeune ne in 1975, and found here in its first English translation, The Newly Born Woman is a landmark text of the modern feminist movement. In it, Hlne Cixous and Catherine Clment put forward the concept of criture feminine, exploring the ways womens sexuality and unconscious shape their imagination, their language, and their writing. Through their readings of historical, literary, and psychoanalytic accounts, Cixous and Clment explore what is hidden and repressed in culture, revealing the unconscious of history. Published in France as La jeune nee in 1975, and now translated for the first time into English, The Newly Born Woman seeks to uncover the veiled structures of language and society that have situated women in the position called 'woman's place.'