<p>Makes key excerpts from Daly''s work accessible to readers who are seeking to access the essence of her thought in a single volume. </p><br/><br/><p>Outrageous, humorous, inflammatory, Amazonian, intellectual, provocative, controversial, and a discoverer of Feminist word-magic, Mary Daly¿s influence on Second Wave feminism was enormous. She burst through constraints to articulate new ways of being female and alive. This comprehensive reader offers a vital introduction to the core of Daly¿s work and the complexities secreted away in the pages of her books. Her major theories¿Bio-philia, Be-ing as Verb, and the life force within words¿and major controversies¿relating to race, transgender identity, and separatism¿are all covered, and the editors have provided introductions to each selection for context. </p><br/><p>The text has been crafted to be accessible to a broad readership, without diluting Daly¿s witty but complicated vocabulary. Begun in collaboration with Daly while she was