2001, ISBN: 0813920523

ID: 30322124007

[EAN: 9780813920528], Neubuch, [PU: University of Virginia Press, United States], Language: English. Brand new Book. As expatriates in Germany and Austria in the 1930s, Kay Boyle, Katherine Anne Porter, Jean Stafford and Lillian Hellman saw the rise of Nazi ideology firsthand. And while all four clearly realized - as their work demonstrates - that ethical behaviour is the personal corollary of political conviction, scholars of these important America writers have long neglected the significance of the mingling of writing, ethics and politics in their work. In "American Women Writers and the Nazis", Thomas Austenfeld restores ethics and politics to the central places they held in the lives and work of these four women. By documenting the political and ethical apprenticeships each woman served in Germany and Austria, Austenfeld convincingly argues that the genius of these writers exists precisely in their ability to continue the development of their best creative sensibilities in spite of - and indeed because of - the ethical challenges they faced as women writers in the tense prewar world. Kay Boyle's analysis of the language and cultural expression of occupation, Lillian Hellman's exposure of diplomatic language as furthering war, Katherine Anne Porter's implicit critique of Weimar Germany's class consciousness, and Jean Stafford's searching meditations on guilt and responsibility all argue afresh for the pragmatic goals that fiction and drama can serve in a politically unstable world.

ISBN: 9780813920528

ID: 9780813920528

As expatriates in Germany and Austria in the 1930s, Kay Boyle, Katherine Anne Porter, Jean Stafford, and Lillian Hellman saw the rise of Nazi ideology firsthand. And while all four clearly realized—as their work demonstrates—that ethical behavior is the personal corollary of political conviction, scholars of these important American writers have long neglected the significance of the mingling of writing, ethics, and politics in their work.In American Women Writers Thomas Austenfeld restores ethics and politics to the central places they held in the lives and work of these four women. By documenting the political and ethical apprenticeships each woman served in Germany and Austria, Austenfeld convincingly argues that the genius of these writers exists precisely in their ability to continue the development of their best creative sensibilities—in spite of and indeed because of the ethical challenges they faced as women writers in the tense prewar world. Kay Boyle's analysis of the language and cultural expression of occupation, Lillian Hellman's exposure of diplomatic language as furthering war, Katherine Anne Porter's implicit critique of Weimar Germany's class consciousness, and Jean Stafford's searching meditations on guilt and responsibility all argue afresh for the pragmatic goals that fiction and drama can serve in a politically unstable world. Trade Books>Hardcover>Literature>Lit Studies>Lit History & Ref, University of Virginia Press Core >2

ISBN: 9780813920528

ID: 9780813920528

As expatriates in Germany and Austria in the 1930s, Kay Boyle, Katherine Anne Porter, Jean Stafford, and Lillian Hellman saw the rise of Nazi ideology firsthand. And while all four clearly realized—as their work demonstrates—that ethical behavior is the personal corollary of political conviction, scholars of these important American writers have long neglected the significance of the mingling of writing, ethics, and politics in their work.In American Women Writers Thomas Austenfeld restores ethics and politics to the central places they held in the lives and work of these four women. By documenting the political and ethical apprenticeships each woman served in Germany and Austria, Austenfeld convincingly argues that the genius of these writers exists precisely in their ability to continue the development of their best creative sensibilities—in spite of and indeed because of the ethical challenges they faced as women writers in the tense prewar world. Kay Boyle's analysis of the language and cultural expression of occupation, Lillian Hellman's exposure of diplomatic language as furthering war, Katherine Anne Porter's implicit critique of Weimar Germany's class consciousness, and Jean Stafford's searching meditations on guilt and responsibility all argue afresh for the pragmatic goals that fiction and drama can serve in a politically unstable world. Trade Books>Hardcover>Literature>Lit Studies>Lit History & Ref, University of Virginia Press Core >2

ISBN: 9780813920528

ID: 978081392052

As expatriates in Germany and Austria in the 1930s, Kay Boyle, Katherine Anne Porter, Jean Stafford, and Lillian Hellman saw the rise of Nazi ideology firsthand. And while all four clearly realized -- as their work demonstrates -- that ethical behavior is the personal corollary of political conviction, scholars of these important American writers have long neglected the significance of the mingling of writing, ethics, and politics in their work.In American Women Writers and the Nazis, Thomas Austenfeld restores ethics and politics to the central places they held in the lives and work of these four women. By documenting the political and ethical apprenticeships each woman served in Germany and Austria, Austenfeld convincingly argues that the genius of these writers exists precisely in their ability to continue the development of their best creative sensibilities in spite of -- and indeed because of -- the ethical challenges they faced as women writers in the tense prewar world.Kay Boyle''s analysis of the language and cultural expression of occupation, Lillian Hellman''s exposure of diplomatic language as furthering war, Katherine Anne Porter''s implicit critique of Weimar Germany''s class consciousness, and Jean Stafford''s searching meditations on guilt and responsibility all argue afresh for the pragmatic goals that fiction and drama can serve in a politically unstable world. Books List_Books, [PU: University Press of Virginia]

2001, ISBN: 9780813920528

ID: 850123557

Charlottesville and London:: University of Virginia Press,, 2001.. Cloth. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ. 189 pp, 8vo. Cloth in dj. Slight bumping to spine foot, very slight rubbing to bottom corners. Po label to ffep. Pages clean, crisp, bright; binding tight. Slight edgewear andscuffing to dj, faint sticker ghost to front panel. Dj overall very crisp & cturdy, no tears., University of Virginia Press, 2001., Hardback. New. As expatriates in Germany and Austria in the 1930s, Kay Boyle, Katherine Anne Porter, Jean Stafford and Lillian Hellman saw the rise of Nazi ideology firsthand. In this volume Thomas Austenfeld restores ethics and politics to the central places they held in the lives and work of these women.