Date: Thu, 15 Aug 96 19:33 CDT
From: Jeffrey A steele <JASTEELE-AT-macc.wisc.edu>
Subject: Re: Margaret Fuller


My understanding is that Fuller's life came to an end just before Spiritualism
took off.  She came to the occult by way of utopian socialism (Barbara Taylor's
_Eve and the New Jerusalem_ is an excellent source here), Christian mysticism
(Boehme, Swedenborg, St. Simon, and others), and German Romantic literature
(especially Goethe and Bettina Brentano von Arnim).  I am exploring all of these
connections in my current book project (as well as many of the resemblances to
Irigaray's thought).  Irigaray continues to be the best single guide I have
found for reading Margaret Fuller.  In this regard, I have been extremely
influenced by Margaret Whitford's wonderful study, _Luce Irigaray: Philosophy in
the Feminine_, especially her analysis of the utopian impulse in Irigaray.
 
Jeffrey Steele, UW-Madison