Out in the World (Masterplots II: Women’s Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Jane Auer
- First Published: 1985
- Type of Work: Letters
- Time of Work: 1935-1970
- Setting: New York, New York; Mexico; Tangier, Morocco; Paris, France; Miami, Florida; Malaga, Spain
- Principal Characters: Jane Bowles, Paul Bowles, Libby Holman, Helvetia Perkins, Cherifa
- Genres: Nonfiction, Letters
- Subjects: Traveling or travelers, Authors or writers, Alienation, Social life, Writing, Creative process, Disabilities or physically challenged persons, Bohemianism, Terminal illness or terminally ill, Heart attack or disease
- Locales: New York, NY, Mexico, Paris, France, Miami, FL, Tangier, Morocco, Malaga, Spain
Form and Content
Out in the World contains one hundred and thirty-three letters written by Jane Bowles between 1935 and 1970. They were edited by her biographer, the writer Millicent Dillon, whose understanding of her subject informed her decision to intersperse the letters she chose with brief excerpts from Bowles’s unfinished novel. Jane Bowles had hoped to call her second novel Out in the World.
Jane Bowles produced a relatively small but powerful body of work. Her first novel, Two Serious Ladies, was published in 1943. Her play In the Summer...
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