1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453489003321

Autore

Simons Margaret A.

Titolo

Beauvoir and the second sex : feminism, race, and the origins of existentialism / / Margaret A. Simons

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland ; ; Oxford, England : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., , 2001

©1999

ISBN

0-7425-7127-0

1-299-78209-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (286 p.)

Disciplina

305.42

Soggetti

Race relations - Philosophy

Feminism

Existentialism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; CONTENTS; In Memoriam (1986); Preface; 1 Beauvoir Interview (1979); 2 Racism and Feminism: A Schism in the Sisterhood (1979); 3 Beauvoir and Sartre: The Question of Influence (1981); 4 Beauvoir Interview (1982); 5 The Silencing of Simone de Beauvoir: Guess What's Missing from The Second Sex (1983); 6 Motherhood, Feminism, and Identity (1984); 7 Beauvoir Interview (1985); 8 Sexism and the Philosophical Canon: On Reading Beauvoir's The Second Sex (1990); 9 Lesbian Connections: Simone de Beauvoir and Feminism (1991)

10 The Second Sex and the Roots of Radical Feminism (1995)11 Richard Wright, Simone de Beauvoir, and The Second Sex (1997); 12 Beauvoir's Early Philosophy: The 1927 Diary (1998); References; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

In a compelling chronicle of her search to understand Beauvoir's philosophy in The Second Sex, Margaret A. Simons offers a unique perspective on Beauvoir's wide-ranging contribution to twentieth-century thought. She details the discovery of the origins of Beauvoir's



existential philosophy in her hand-written diary from 1927; uncovers evidence of the sexist exclusion of Beauvoir from the philosophical canon; reveals evidence that the African-American writer Richard Wright provided Beauvoir with the theoretical model of oppression that she used in The Second Sex; shows the influence of The Secon

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910136101203321

Titolo

Computer shopper

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Dennis Publishing

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

338.47004

Soggetti

Computers

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Computer Shopper was a monthly consumer computer magazine published by SX2 Media Labs. The magazine ceased print publication in April 2009. The website was closed and redirected to the PCMag website in late May 2018.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages) and index.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910959679303321

Autore

Khodasevich V. F (Vladislav Felit︠s︡ianovich), <1886-1939.>

Titolo

Derzhavin : a biography / / Vladislav Khodasevich ; translated and with an introduction by Angela Brintlinger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, Wis., : University of Wisconsin Press, c2007

ISBN

9786612255946

9781282255944

1282255940

9780299224233

0299224236

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxvii, 281 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Publications of the Wisconsin Center for Pushkin Studies

Altri autori (Persone)

BrintlingerAngela

Disciplina

891.71/3

Soggetti

Poets, Russian - 18th century

Poets, Russian - 19th century

Statesmen - Russia

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

Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Note on the Translation -- Translator's Introduction -- A Chronology: Life of Gavrila Derzhavin -- Derzhavin: A Biography -- Author's Preface -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Notes -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Russian poet, soldier, and statesman Gavriil Derzhavin (1743-1816) lived during an epoch of momentous change in Russia-imperial expansion, peasant revolts, war with Turkey, and struggle with Napoleon-and he served three tsars, including Catherine the Great. Here in its first English translation is the masterful biography of Derzhavin by another acclaimed Russian man of letters, Vladislav Khodasevich. Derzhavin occupied a position at the center of Russian life, uniting civic service with poetic inspiration and creating an oeuvre that at its essence celebrated the triumphs of Russia and its rulers, particularly Catherine the Great. His biographer Khodasevich, by contrast, left Russia in 1922, unable to abide the increasingly repressive regime of the Soviets. For Khodasevich, whose lyric poems



were as commonplace in their focus as Derzhavin's odes were grand, this biography was in a sense a rediscovery of a lost and idyllic era, a period when it was possible to aspire to the pinnacles of artistic achievement while still occupying a central role in Russian society. Khodasevich writes with humor, intelligence, and understanding, and his work stands as a monument to the last three centuries of Russian history, lending keen insight into Russia's past as well as its present and future. "Khodasevich's light narrative touch (as translated by Brintlinger) lends a novelistic quality to the biography, making it a genuine tour de force. All students and scholars - of history, literature, poetry, biography - will find something of interest here."- Choice