'This Anguish, Like a Kind of Intimate Song' : : Resistance in Women's Literature of World War II /

'This Anguish, Like a Kind of Intimate Song' : : Resistance in Women's Literature of World War II / / L. Leigh Westerfield.

The romanticized image of the heroic male resistance fighter in World War II belies a truth that is both darker and more personal. This literary history explores, for the first time, the reality of European women's roles in fighting Nazism. By comparing the resistance literature of French and G...

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Superior document:Internationale Forschungen zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft ; 74
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Westerfield, L. Leigh,
Place / Publishing House:Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2004.
Year of Publication:2004
Language:English
Series:Internationale Forschungen zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft ; 74.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Notes:Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One
  • A Resistance Discourse Fashioned from War's Chaos
  • Chapter Two
  • Chipping Away at the State: German Women and Resistance
  • Chapter Three
  • A Legacy of Activism: French Women and Resistance
  • Chapter Four
  • NEIN: Ordinary Actions, Everyday Settings
  • Chapter Five
  • Conventional Women and Revolutionary Movements
  • Chapter Six
  • 'They Stood Like a Wall': Resistance As Collective Protest
  • Chapter Seven
  • The Tender Liaison Agent: Femininity As Disguise
  • Chapter Eight
  • Clandestine Activity at Home: Resistance and Relationship
  • Chapter Nine
  • Bonds of Communion: The Emotional Context of Resistance
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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