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Simone De Beauvoir

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  • © 1998
  • Latest edition

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Authors:
  1. Terry Keefe
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  • Covers all Beauvoir's fiction, including that only available since 99
    Sets her fiction within its social and cultural context
    Beauvoir is studied across the disciplines of literature, French Studies and feminist theory
    No knowledge of French is necessary

Part of the book series: Modern Novelists (MONO)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Terry Keefe
    Pages 1-9

  3. Beginnings and Quand prime le spirituel

    • Terry Keefe
    Pages 10-32

  4. L’Invitée

    • Terry Keefe
    Pages 33-58

  5. Beauvoir’s ‘Moral Period’: Le Sang des autres and Tous les hommes sont mortels

    • Terry Keefe
    Pages 59-96

  6. Les Mandarins

    • Terry Keefe
    Pages 97-128

  7. Final Stories: Les Belles Images, La Femme rompue and ‘Malentendu à Moscou’

    • Terry Keefe
    Pages 129-165

  8. Conclusion

    • Terry Keefe
    Pages 166-174

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 175-191
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About this book

This systematic study sets Beauvoir's fiction within the context of her life and works as a whole before examining each of her stories in detail: her earliest collection of tales; her first published novel; the novels of her 'moral period'; the prize-winning Les Mandarins; and her final stories, including one not published until six years after her death. The continuities and developments in her major themes are analysed, and the distinctive features of her artistic achievements assessed.

About the author

Terry Keefe is Professor of French Studies at Lancaster University. His publications include a general study of all the writings of Simone de Beauvoir, a monograph on two of her later works, and a book on existentialist fiction. He has also co-edited books on Zola and existentialist autobiography.

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