Becoming Beauvoir: A Life

ISBN-13: 9781350047174 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 496 str.

Kate Kirkpatrick

Opis

The first biography of Simone de Beauvoir since publication of her letters and early diaries, and the newly published letters to her lover Claude Lanzmann, which sheds new light on her relationship with Jean Paul Sartre

Recenzje

A book to be read slowly and savoured. There's too much detail to gulp it down. But it is worth the time it takes to read a fascinating portrait of a woman who inspired women around the world and who changed the way many people think. The Sunday Times

Spis treści

Abbreviations of Beauvoir's WorksIntroduction: Simone de Beauvoir-Who's She?1. Growing like a girl2. The dutiful daughter3. Lover of God or lover of men?4. The love before the legend5. The Valkyrie and the Playboy6. Rooms of her own7. The trio that was a quartet8. War within, war without9. Forgotten philosophy10. Queen of existentialism11. American dilemmas12. The scandalous Second Sex13. Putting a new face on love14. Feeling gypped15. Old age revealed16. The dying of the light17. Afterwords: What will become of Simone de Beauvoir?Select Bibliography

O autorze

Kate Kirkpatrick is Lecturer in Religion, Philosophy and Culture at King's College London, UK. She is the author of several books on Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir.