Sex, love, and letters : writing Simone de Beauvoir /
Coffin, Judith G., 1952-
Sex, love, and letters : writing Simone de Beauvoir / Judith G. Coffin. - xiv, 310 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 Troubles -- Sexual Politics and Feminism.
"An unexplored treasure trove of letters to Simone de Beauvoir from ordinary women and men around the world opens onto an unexpectedly intimate history of postwar France and the world, offering a riveting close-up of the kind of author-reader relationship that is so important to the history of ideas" --
9781501750540 1501750542
2020005876
Beauvoir, Simone de, 1908-1986 --Correspondence.
Authors, French--Correspondence.--20th century
Authors and readers--History--France--20th century.
Sex, love, and letters : writing Simone de Beauvoir / Judith G. Coffin. - xiv, 310 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 Troubles -- Sexual Politics and Feminism.
"An unexplored treasure trove of letters to Simone de Beauvoir from ordinary women and men around the world opens onto an unexpectedly intimate history of postwar France and the world, offering a riveting close-up of the kind of author-reader relationship that is so important to the history of ideas" --
9781501750540 1501750542
2020005876
Beauvoir, Simone de, 1908-1986 --Correspondence.
Authors, French--Correspondence.--20th century
Authors and readers--History--France--20th century.