'This anguish, like a kind of intimate song' : resistance in women's literature of World War II /

The romanticized image of the heroic male resistance fighter in World War II belies a truth that is both darker and more personal. This literary history explores, for the first time, the reality of European women's roles in fighting Nazism. By comparing the resistance literature of French and G...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Westerfield, L. Leigh (Lillian Leigh), 1954-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2004.
Colección:Internationale Forschungen zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft ; 74.
Temas:
1939-1945
Women authors, French > Political activity.
Women authors, German > Political activity.
World War, 1939-1945 > Underground literature.
World War, 1939-1945 > Underground movements > France.
Anti-Nazi movement > Germany.
World War, 1939-1945 > Literature and the war.
World War, 1939-1945 > Women.
Women > France > Social conditions.
Women > Germany > Social conditions.
Écrivaines françaises > Activité politique.
Écrivaines allemandes > Activité politique.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Littérature clandestine.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Mouvements de résistance > France.
Antinazisme > Allemagne.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Littérature et guerre.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Femmes.
Femmes > France > Conditions sociales.
Femmes > Allemagne > Conditions sociales.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
Anti-Nazi movement
Underground literature
War > Underground movements
War and literature
Women
Women > Social conditions
Letterkunde.
Frans.
Duits.
Tweede Wereldoorlog.
Vrouwelijke auteurs.
Verzet.
France
Germany
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:The romanticized image of the heroic male resistance fighter in World War II belies a truth that is both darker and more personal. This literary history explores, for the first time, the reality of European women's roles in fighting Nazism. By comparing the resistance literature of French and German authors-both famous and more obscure-this innovative book links the traditional gender expectations for women and the conventions of their everyday lives with their unique forms of resistance. Theirs was an opposition grounded in the ordinary, beyond the sphere of political violence. Women were long regarded as outsiders to combat and politics, with no stake in upholding resistance myths. Women authors therefore freely rendered the personal and moral landscape of the resister's world in a new vocabulary. They revised standard rhetoric and replaced heroism and bullets with the values of home, human relationships, and candid acknowledgement of the sorrow, fear, and uncertainty of war. A groundbreaking study for students of European history, women's studies, peace studies, or comparative literature, this volume is also accessible to a general audience interested in the role of women in World War II.
Notas:Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Indiana University, 1989.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (236 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-224) and index.
ISBN:1417566701
9781417566709
ISSN:0929-6999 ;

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