Sex, Love, and Letters : : Writing Simone de Beauvoir / / Judith G. Coffin.
When Judith G. Coffin discovered a virtually unexplored treasure trove of letters to Simone de Beauvoir from her international readers, it inspired her to explore the intimate bond between the famed author and her reading public. This correspondence, at the heart of Sex, Love, and Letters, immerses...
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Coffin, Judith G., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Sex, Love, and Letters : Writing Simone de Beauvoir / Judith G. Coffin. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2020] ©2022 1 online resource (328 p.) : 4 b&w halftones text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Translations and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Intimate Life of the Nation: Reading The Second Sex in 1949 -- 2. Beauvoir, Kinsey, and Midcentury Sex -- 3. Readers and Writers -- 4. The Algerian War and the Scandal of Torture -- 5. Shame as Political Feeling -- 6. Second Takes on The Second Sex -- 7. Couple Troubles -- 8. Sexual Politics and Feminism -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Archival Sources -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star When Judith G. Coffin discovered a virtually unexplored treasure trove of letters to Simone de Beauvoir from her international readers, it inspired her to explore the intimate bond between the famed author and her reading public. This correspondence, at the heart of Sex, Love, and Letters, immerses us in the tumultuous decades from the late 1940s to the 1970s— from the painful aftermath of World War Two to the horror and shame of French colonial brutality in Algeria through the dilemmas and exhilarations of the early gay liberation and feminist movements. It also provides a glimpse into the power of reading and the power of readers to seduce the authors of their favorite books.The relationship between Beauvoir and her audience proved especially long, intimate, and vexed. Coffin traces this relationship, from the publication of Beauvoir's acclaimed The Second Sex to the release of the last volume of her memoirs, offering an unfamiliar perspective on one of the most magnetic and polarizing philosophers of the twentieth century. Along the way, we meet many of the greatest writers of her generation—Hannah Arendt; Dominique Aury, author of The Story of O; François Mauriac, winner of the Nobel Prize and nemesis of Camus; Betty Friedan; and, of course, Sartre—bringing the electrically charged salon experience to life.Sex, Love, and Letters lays bare the private lives and political emotions of the letter writers and of Beauvoir herself. Her readers did not simply pen fan letters but, as Coffin shows, engaged in a dialogue that revealed intellectual and literary life to be a joint and collaborative production. "This must happen to you often, doesn't it?" wrote one. "That people write to you and tell you about their lives?" Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022) Authors and readers France History 20th century. Authors, French 20th century Correspondence. Philosophy. West European History. Womens Studies. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory. bisacsh Beauvoir, Postwar, Algerian war, feminism, political emotion, epistolarity, existentialism, philosophy. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020 9783110690460 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2020 English 9783110704716 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2020 9783110704518 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Social Sciences 2020 English 9783110704723 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Sociology, Education, Psychology 2020 9783110704549 ZDB-23-SEW https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501750564?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501750564 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501750564/original |
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