“What would happen if one women told the truth about her life?” Muriel Rukeyser asked. Her response was short: “The world would split open”. And Adrienne Rich, who believed “Lying is done with words, and also with silences,” argued, “When … Read more

Can modern concepts such as transgression, inclusion/exclusion, self/the other help us to better understand medieval subjectivity? Can medieval works shed light on out understanding of modern subjectivity? By looking at Attar’s poetry contrapuntally with medieval European literature and modern theory, … Read more