Published in France as La jeune nee 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, Helene Cixous and Catherine Clement put forward the concept of ecriture feminine, exploring the ways women's sexuality and unconscious shape their imaginary, their language, and their writing. Through their readings of historical, literary, and psychoanalytic accounts, Cixous and Clement explore what is hidden and repressed in culture, revealing the unconscious of history.