Letters to Sartre (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Simone de Beauvoir
- First Published: 1990
- Type of Work: Letters
- Time of Work: 1930-1963
- Setting: France, the United States, Mexico, Italy, Algeria, Tunisia, and Spain
- Genres: Nonfiction, Letters
- Subjects: Traveling or travelers, Intellectuals, Philosophy or philosophers, Love or romance, Twentieth century, Authors or writers, Protests or demonstrations, Social life, Novelists, Feminism, Letter writing, Existentialism, Plays or playwrights
- Locales: France, United States, Mexico, Spain, Italy, Algeria, Tunisia
Simone de Beauvoir is one of France’s most important female writers of the twentieth century. As a novelist, essayist in the realm of politics as well as philosophy, feminist, and social activist, she has come to represent the socially engaged woman who, with other French intellectuals such as Hélène Cixous and Julia Kristeva, succeeded in penetrating the male-dominated intelligentsia of France. That this was achieved is testimony to her intellectual acumen, perseverance, and strong commitment not just to feminist activity but, generally speaking, to the pursuit of her own ideals....
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