The Human Family: Stories (European Women Writers)

The Human Family: Stories (European Women Writers)
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208
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0803259522
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Le Livre de Poche
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The Human Family is the first complete translation of the cycle of ten novellas that Lou Andreas-SalomA© (1861–1937) wrote between 1895 and 1898. This collection contributes to the rediscovery of Andreas-SalomA©’s significance as a thinker and writer, above all with regard to her literary contribution to modern feminism and the principles of women’s emancipation. Born in St. Petersburg to a German diplomat and his wife, Andreas-SalomA© has always been a figure of interest because of her close relationships to influential thinkers such as Friedrich Nietzsche, Rainer Maria Rilke, and Sigmund Freud. Only since the mid-1980s, however, have her prose fiction and theoretical writings been reconsidered as important documents of emerging ideas and debates in twentieth-century feminism. The ten stories of The Human Family drive home her critical perspective on feminine stereotypes. They depict a wide variety of young women as...

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