'The Useless Mouths' and Other Literary Writings

Informationen zum Autor Simone de Beauvoir (1908-86) was a French existentialist philosopher who employed a literary-philosophical method in her works! including Ethics of Ambiguity (1946) and The Second Sex (1949). Margaret A. Simons is Distinguished Research Professor Emerita at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and the author of Beauvoir and The Second Sex: Feminism! Race and the Origins of Existentialism. Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir! adopted daughter and literary executor of Simone de Beauvoir! is the editor of Lettres a Sartre and many other works by Beauvoir. Marybeth Timmermann is a contributing translator and editor of Beauvoir's Philosophical Writings. Klappentext Simone de Beauvoir (1908–86) was a French existentialist philosopher who employed a literary-philosophical method in her works! including Ethics of Ambiguity (1946) and The Second Sex (1949). Margaret A. Simons is Distinguished Research Professor Emerita at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and the author of Beauvoir and The Second Sex: Feminism! Race and the Origins of Existentialism. Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir! adopted daughter and literary executor of Simone de Beauvoir! is the editor of Lettres à Sartre and many other works by Beauvoir. Marybeth Timmermann is a contributing translator and editor of Beauvoir's Philosophical Writings. Zusammenfassung A landmark collection of Beauvoir's literary writings Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword to the Beauvoir Series / Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir Acknowledgments; Introduction / Margaret A. Simons 1. The Useless Mouths (A Play) / Introduction by Liz Stanley and Catherine Naji; 2. Short Articles on Literature / Introduction by Elizabeth Fallaize; 3. Existentialist Theater / Introduction by Dennis A. Gilbert; 4. A Story I Used to Tell Myself / Introduction by Ursula Tidd; 5. A Preface to La Batarde by Violette Leduc / Introduction Alison S. Fell; 6. What Can Literature Do? / Introduction by Laura Hengehold; 7. Misunderstanding in Moscow / Introduction by Terry Keefe; 8. My Experience as a Writer / Introduction by Elizabeth Fallaize; 9. Short Prefaces to Literary Works / Introduction by Eleanore Holveck; 10. Notes for a Novel / Introduction by Meryl Altman Contributors ...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Simone de Beauvoir, Simone de/ Simons Beauvoir, Beauvoir Simone de, Simone de Beauvoir
• Con la collaborazione di: Margaret A. Simons (Editore), Marybeth Timmermann (Editore)
• Editore: University Of Illinois Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 27.10.2011
• EAN: 9780252036347
• ISBN: 978-0-252-03634-7
• Pagine: 424
• Serie: Beauvoir; Beauvoir Series; Beauvoir Series
• Categoria: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica > Drammatica