Story of a Marriage - The Letters of Bronislaw Malinowski and Elsie Masson. Vol I 1916-20

Zusatztext 'For the lay reader it turns out to be a surprise and a delight.' - The Financial Times`...someone should turn these marvellous Malinowski letters into a duet for the stage. It would have everything: romance! fame! exotic tales! poetry and! above all! tragedy.' - The Financial Times`Essential reading for romantics! anthropologists! and history buffs.' - Kirkus Reviews Informationen zum Autor Helena Wayne was born in South Tirol, Northern Italy, the youngest of the three daughters of Bronislaw Malinowski and Elsie Masson. She has been a reporter for Life magazine, book editor and television producer for the BBC. Klappentext Volume I covers the letters written in Australia and New Guines, from their first meeting in 1916 to the beginning of 1920 when they leave for Europe.Volume II begins with their arrival in England in April 1920 and details their lives together as he achieves success and international fame, until her death in 1935. Zusammenfassung While much has been written about the work of Malinowski, little is known about his personal life. These letters, available for the first time, offer an insight of the man not just as teacher and scientist but as a husband, father and friend. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations, Editor’s foreword, Acknowledgements, Map of the Trobriand Islands, Introduction, Chronology, Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Notes, Index

Product details

• Authors: Bronislaw Malinowski, Bronislaw Masson Malinowski, MALINOWSKI BRONISLAW MASSON ELSIE, Elsie Masson, Helena Wayne
• Assisted by: Helena Wayne (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.02.1995
• EAN: 9780415117586
• ISBN: 978-0-415-11758-6
• No. of pages: 216
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Anthropologie