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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780407203321

Autore

Bethune Norman

Titolo

The politics of passion : Norman Bethune's writing and art / / edited and introduced by Larry Hannant

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1998

©1998

ISBN

1-4875-8970-0

1-282-00849-8

9786612008498

1-4426-8209-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (411 p.)

Collana

Heritage

Disciplina

617/.092

Soggetti

Surgeons - Canada

Biography

Livres numeriques.

Biographies.

e-books.

China

Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""CONTENTS""; ""LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Adventurer: Youth to December 1927""; ""3 Crusader: Montreal, 1928�1934""; ""4 Convert: 1935�1936""; ""5 Anti-fascist: Spain, November 1936 to May 1937""; ""6 Propagandist: North America, June 1937 to January 1938""; ""7 Anti-imperialist: China, 1938""; ""8 Martyr: China, 1939""; ""APPENDIX 1: Report on the Actions of the Canadian Delegation in Spain""; ""APPENDIX 2: Chronology of the Life of Dr Norman Bethune""; ""A NOTE ON SOURCES""; ""NOTES""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BETHUNE'S WORKS""

ILLUSTRATION CREDITSINDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Maps



Sommario/riassunto

"The Politics of Passion is the first comprehensive collection of the writing and art of Dr. Norman Bethune. A Canadian medical pioneer and a communist, Bethune gained fame during the 1930s while serving in the Spanish Civil War and participating in China's struggle against Japanese invasion." "This collection of Bethune's writing and art reveals that politics preoccupied him only during the last four years of his life. Earlier, his passionate nature found expression in medical and surgical innovation, as well as in painting and sketching, photography, writing (from poetry and short stories to letters, radio broadcasts, and plays), and public speaking. The Politics of Passion reveals the many facets of Bethune's identity, exploring the life not only of the revolutionary doctor, but of the intense and compassionate artist as well."--Jacket