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Perspectives of four women writers on the Second World War : Gertrude Stein, Janet Flanner, Kay Boyle, and Rebecca West / Zofia P. Lesinska.
Van Pelt Library PS228.W37 L47 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lesinska, Zofia P., 1960-
- Series:
- Studies in literary criticism and theory ; v. 17.
- Studies in literary criticism and theory ; v. 17
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- World War, 1939-1945--Literature and the war.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Women and literature--United States--History--20th century.
- Women and literature.
- American literature--Women authors.
- United States.
- History.
- Women and literature--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Great Britain.
- American literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
- West, Rebecca, 1892-1983.
- West, Rebecca.
- Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946.
- Stein, Gertrude.
- Flanner, Janet, 1892-1978.
- Flanner, Janet.
- Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992.
- Boyle, Kay.
- War in literature.
- War.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 189 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Peter Lang, [2002]
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Gertrude Stein's War Autobiographies: Complicating Cultural Memory 21
- Stein's Postwar Critics: Reproaches and Excuses 23
- Toward the Dialogical Integration of Content and Form 26
- Dialogue 29
- Triviality or Complexity: Paris, France 33
- The Triumph of Conformism: "The Winner Loses: A Picture of Occupied France" 37
- Wars I have Seen: Anticipating Future Memories 40
- Textual Interfaces and Vociferous Silences 42
- Chapter 2 Janet Flanner of The New Yorker 51
- The Beauties of Europe 55
- Neither Right or Left 56
- Touring the Third Reich 61
- The Banality of War 63
- The Old Man of France 71
- Chapter 3 Kay Boyle's Outcasts and Rebels 87
- Writing in Austria 88
- The Anatomy of the Nazi Appeal 90
- Death of a Man: Does Every Woman Adore a Fascist? 98
- The Fall of France 105
- Vive la Resistance 126
- Chapter 4 Rebecca West's Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey through Yugoslavia 135
- Affect and the Confines of Ethnocentrism 137
- The Margins of Europe 138
- An Ex-centric Historiography: A Woman's Perspective on Imperialism 142
- Multiple Historical Narratives 146
- Gender and History 148
- Negotiating the Private and the Political 151
- Real Men and True Women? 157
- West's Political Allegiances 158.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [171]-182) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0820461032
- OCLC:
- 49276486
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