Tough enough : Arbus, Arendt, Didion, McCarthy, Sontag, Weil /

This book focuses on six brilliant women who are often seen as particularly tough-minded: Simone Weil, Hannah Arendt, Mary McCarthy, Susan Sontag, Diane Arbus, and Joan Didion. Aligned with no single tradition, they escape straightforward categories. Yet their work evinces an affinity of style and p...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Nelson, Deborah, 1962- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.
Sujets:
Weil, Simone, > 1909-1943.
Arendt, Hannah, > 1906-1975.
Sontag, Susan, > 1933-2004.
MacCarthy, Mary, > 1882-1953.
Arbus, Diane, > 1923-1971.
Didion, Joan.
Arbus, Diane, > 1923-1971
Arendt, Hannah, > 1906-1975
Didion, Joan
MacCarthy, Mary, > 1882-1953
Sontag, Susan, > 1933-2004
Weil, Simone, > 1909-1943
Toughness (Personality trait)
Aesthetics > Psychological aspects.
Suffering in literature.
Suffering in art.
Dureté (Trait de personnalité)
Souffrance dans la littérature.
Souffrance dans l'art.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Aesthetics > Psychological aspects
Suffering in art
Suffering in literature
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction: tough enough
  • Simone Weil: thinking tragically in the age of trauma
  • Hannah Arendt: irony and atrocity
  • Mary McCarthy: the aesthetic of the fact
  • Susan Sontag: an-aesthetics and agency
  • Diane Arbus: a feeling for the camera
  • Joan Didion: the question of self-pity.

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