This book analyses the literary production of Irene Némirovsky (1903-1942) literary production in its relationship to the literary and cultural context of the inter-war period in France. It examines topics of central importance to our understanding of the literary field in France in the period, such as the close relationship between politics and literature: the historical, political, cultural and personal legacies of the First World War: the so-called ‘crisis of the novel’ and the attempt to create and develop new narrative forms: the phenomenon of Russian emigration to Paris in the wake of the Russian Revolution and Civil War: the possibilities for the creation of a French-Jewish identity and mode of writing: and the threat of fascism and the approach of the Second World War.
Creator
Kershaw, Angela
French and francophone women facing war / Les femmes face a la guerre
Creator
Fell, Alison > [ed]
French and francophone women facing war / Les femmes face a la guerre
Historical and literary scholars have become increasingly interested in women's roles in and approaches to war. In times of conflict, French and francophone women have made crucial contributions in aid of the patrie, but wars have also set women against the governing powers, frequently forcing them to choose between their concerns as women, and the economic and social demands of their belligerent nations. This book brings together scholars from different academic disciplines - history, sociology, politics, literary criticism and gender studies - who explore the impact of war upon women in French and francophone societies.
Creator
Fell, Alison > [ed]
Rosa Luxemburg speaks
Creator
Luxemburg, Rosa
Waters, Mary-Alice > (ed.) (introd.)
Rosa Luxemburg speaks
A selection in English of Rosa Luxemburg's speeches and articles, covering some of her more theoretical work and her writings about the major events of her time: the rise of mass social democratic parties, the Russian Revolution of 1905, the First World War and Russian Revolution of 1917, and the failed German Revolution of 1918-1819. (Originally published in 1970.)