Perspectives of four women writers on the Second World War
Subtitle: Gertrude Stein, Janet Flanner, Kay Boyle, and Rebecca West
By: Zofia P. Lesinska.
Series: Studies in literary criticism and theory ;; v. 17
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
Subjects: West, Rebecca, Dame, 1892- -- Criticism and interpretation.; Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Flanner, Janet, 1892- -- Criticism and interpretation.; Boyle, Kay, 1902- -- Criticism and interpretation.; American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Literature and the war.; Women and literature -- English-speaking countries -- History -- 20th century.; American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.; English literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.; English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; War in literature.
Description: "In their writings composed during the Second World War and the political turmoil of the 1930s in Europe, Gertrude Stein, Janet Flanner, Kay Boyle, and Rebecca West interrogated the limitations of political history with its exclusionary emphasis on diplomacy and military campaigns. All four women writers underscored the indivisibility of social, cultural, and political histories.

In addition, prompted by their empathy with people in occupied countries, they narrated history from the standpoint of the non-victorious, a perspective that has rarely been articulated by American and British authors. The challenges that these authors posed to traditional notions of history anticipated insights expressed several decades after the war by social, feminist, and postcolonial historians."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-182) and index.