"The useless mouths", and other literary writings / / Simone de Beauvoir ; edited by Margaret A. Simons and Marybeth Timmermann ; foreword by Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir

• Autore: Beauvoir Simone de <1908-1986.>
• Pubblicazione: Urbana : , : University of Illinois Press, , [2011]; ©2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 408 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 842/.914
• Soggetto topico: French literature - 20th century
• Persona (resp. second.): SimonsMargaret A.; TimmermannMarybeth; Le Bon de BeauvoirSylvie
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction / Margaret A. Simons -- The useless mouths (a play) / introduction by Liz Stanley and Catherine Naji -- Short articles on literature / introduction by Elizabeth Fallaize -- Existentialist theater / introduction by Dennis A. Gilbert -- A story I used to tell myself / introduction by Ursula Tidd -- Preface to La Bâtarde by Violette Leduc / introduction by Alison S. Fell -- What can literature do? / introduction by Laura Hengehold -- Misunderstanding in Moscow -- introduction by Terry Keefe -- My experience as a writer / introduction by Elizabeth Fallaize -- Short prefaces to literary works / introduction by Eleanore Holveck -- Notes for a novel / introduction by Meryl Altman.
• Sommario/riassunto: This title brings to English-language readers literary writings - several previously unknown - by Simone de Beauvoir. Highlights of the volume include a new translation of the 1945 play 'The Useless Mouths,' the unpublished 1965 short novel 'Misunderstanding in Moscow', and more.
• Titolo autorizzato: "The useless mouths", and other literary writings
• ISBN: 0-252-08595-7; 0-252-09719-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910807226903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II