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1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 476 pages)
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Illustrationen
Edition:
1 [edition]
Edition:
2019
ISBN:
9781350047204
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9781350047198
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9781350047181
Content:
""One is not born a woman, but becomes one", Simone de Beauvoir A symbol of liberated womanhood, Simone de Beauvoir's unconventional relationships inspired and scandalised her generation. A philosopher, writer, and feminist icon, she won prestigious literary prizes and transformed the way we think about gender with The Second Sex. But despite her successes, she wondered if she had sold herself short. Her liaison with Jean-Paul Sartre has been billed as one of the most legendary love affairs of the twentieth century. But for Beauvoir it came at a cost: for decades she was dismissed as an unoriginal thinker who 'applied' Sartre's ideas. In recent years new material has come to light revealing the ingenuity of Beauvoir's own philosophy and the importance of other lovers in her life. This ground-breaking biography draws on never-before-published diaries and letters to tell the fascinating story of how Simone de Beauvoir became herself."--Bloomsbury publishing
Content:
Abbreviations of Beauvoir's Works -- Introduction: Simone de Beauvoir-Who's She? -- 1. Growing like a girl -- 2. The dutiful daughter -- 3. Lover of God or lover of men? -- 4. The love before the legend -- 5. The Valkyrie and the Playboy 6. Rooms of her own -- 7. The trio that was a quartet -- 8. War within, war without -- 9. Forgotten philosophy -- 10. Queen of existentialism -- 11. American dilemmas 12. The scandalous Second Sex -- 13. Putting a new face on love -- 14. Feeling gypped -- 15. Old age revealed -- 16. The dying of the light -- 17. Afterwords: What will become of Simone de Beauvoir? -- Select Bibliography.
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781350047174
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Kirkpatrick, Kate, 1984 - Becoming Beauvoir London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2019 ISBN 9781350047174
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781350168435
Language:
English
Subjects:
Romance Studies
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Philosophy
Keywords:
Beauvoir, Simone de 1908-1986
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Electronic books
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Biografie
DOI:
10.5040/9781350047204
Author information:
Kirkpatrick, Kate 1984-
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