"In this rich and spacious book Simone de Beauvoir writes of the last ten years of her full and varied life, continuing her autobiography from 1962, where the third volume, Force of circumstance, ended on a note that some readers took for a ...
This book discusses the full range of Beauvoir's work, including The Second Sex, her unpublished diaries, autobiographical writings, novels, and philosophical essays, and broadens the scope and interpretive context of her unique philosophy.
The Intimate Life of the Nation -- Beauvoir, Kinsey, and Mid-Century Sex -- Readers and Writers -- The Algerian War and the Scandal of Torture, 1954-1960 -- Shame as Political Feeling, 1954-1963 -- Second Takes on The Second Sex -- Couple ...
Edited by Melanie C. Hawthorne, this volume brings into play a variety of fresh voices, from a Swedish novelist and advice columnist to an interdisciplinary theorist of decadence.
The second volume in Simone de Beauvoir’s celebrated autobiography recalls her formative years in Paris when she began to emerge as a public figure First published in 1960, The Prime of Life offers an intimate, captivating picture of ...