Luce Irigaray

[Leanne]

I rarely take the time to find out biographical details about any writer, except for the general period in which they were writing -- I am a good student of Barthes, and I don't give much of a damn about the author him/herself. In this I find myself utterly in agreement with Luce -- knowledge of the writer's personal details should not influence the reader's appreciation or understanding of the text as an intellectual creation.