Tag: Ageing

Books

A Very Easy Death

A Very Easy Death. Translated by Patrick O'Brian. New York: Pantheon Books, 1965. English translation of Une mort très douce (Paris: Gallimard, 1964).
From the publisher: A Very Easy Death has long been considered one of Simone de Beauvoir’s masterpieces. The profoundly moving, day-by-day recounting of her mother’s death “shows the… More

The Coming of Age

The Coming of Age. Translated by Patrick O'Brian. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1996. English translation of La vieillesse (Paris: Gallimard, 1970).
From the publisher: What do the words elderly, old, and aged really mean? How are they used by society, and how in turn do they define the generation that we are taught to respect and love… More

Beauvoir’s Last Revolt by Edward Grossman

– Grossman, Edward. “Beauvoir’s Last Revolt.” Commentary, August 1, 1972.
Abstract: The unrelenting industry of Simone de Beauvoir is astounding, and it is almost as great as that of Sartre. Like her companion, she continues adding to an achievement and a career… More

Simone de Beauvoir: Encounters with Death

– Marks, Elaine. Simone de Beauvoir: Encounters With Death. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1973.
Excerpt: Simone de Beauvoir is one of the most significant writers of the twentieth century and one of the most popular writers of her generation in France and abroad. Her significance and… More

Essays

A Very Easy Death

A Very Easy Death. Translated by Patrick O'Brian. New York: Pantheon Books, 1965. English translation of Une mort très douce (Paris: Gallimard, 1964).
From the publisher: A Very Easy Death has long been considered one of Simone de Beauvoir’s masterpieces. The profoundly moving, day-by-day recounting of her mother’s death “shows the… More

The Coming of Age

The Coming of Age. Translated by Patrick O'Brian. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1996. English translation of La vieillesse (Paris: Gallimard, 1970).
From the publisher: What do the words elderly, old, and aged really mean? How are they used by society, and how in turn do they define the generation that we are taught to respect and love… More

Beauvoir’s Last Revolt by Edward Grossman

– Grossman, Edward. “Beauvoir’s Last Revolt.” Commentary, August 1, 1972.
Abstract: The unrelenting industry of Simone de Beauvoir is astounding, and it is almost as great as that of Sartre. Like her companion, she continues adding to an achievement and a career… More

Simone de Beauvoir: Encounters with Death

– Marks, Elaine. Simone de Beauvoir: Encounters With Death. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1973.
Excerpt: Simone de Beauvoir is one of the most significant writers of the twentieth century and one of the most popular writers of her generation in France and abroad. Her significance and… More

Commentary

A Very Easy Death

A Very Easy Death. Translated by Patrick O'Brian. New York: Pantheon Books, 1965. English translation of Une mort très douce (Paris: Gallimard, 1964).
From the publisher: A Very Easy Death has long been considered one of Simone de Beauvoir’s masterpieces. The profoundly moving, day-by-day recounting of her mother’s death “shows the… More

The Coming of Age

The Coming of Age. Translated by Patrick O'Brian. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1996. English translation of La vieillesse (Paris: Gallimard, 1970).
From the publisher: What do the words elderly, old, and aged really mean? How are they used by society, and how in turn do they define the generation that we are taught to respect and love… More

Beauvoir’s Last Revolt by Edward Grossman

– Grossman, Edward. “Beauvoir’s Last Revolt.” Commentary, August 1, 1972.
Abstract: The unrelenting industry of Simone de Beauvoir is astounding, and it is almost as great as that of Sartre. Like her companion, she continues adding to an achievement and a career… More

Simone de Beauvoir: Encounters with Death

– Marks, Elaine. Simone de Beauvoir: Encounters With Death. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1973.
Excerpt: Simone de Beauvoir is one of the most significant writers of the twentieth century and one of the most popular writers of her generation in France and abroad. Her significance and… More

Multimedia

A Very Easy Death

A Very Easy Death. Translated by Patrick O'Brian. New York: Pantheon Books, 1965. English translation of Une mort très douce (Paris: Gallimard, 1964).
From the publisher: A Very Easy Death has long been considered one of Simone de Beauvoir’s masterpieces. The profoundly moving, day-by-day recounting of her mother’s death “shows the… More

The Coming of Age

The Coming of Age. Translated by Patrick O'Brian. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1996. English translation of La vieillesse (Paris: Gallimard, 1970).
From the publisher: What do the words elderly, old, and aged really mean? How are they used by society, and how in turn do they define the generation that we are taught to respect and love… More

Beauvoir’s Last Revolt by Edward Grossman

– Grossman, Edward. “Beauvoir’s Last Revolt.” Commentary, August 1, 1972.
Abstract: The unrelenting industry of Simone de Beauvoir is astounding, and it is almost as great as that of Sartre. Like her companion, she continues adding to an achievement and a career… More

Simone de Beauvoir: Encounters with Death

– Marks, Elaine. Simone de Beauvoir: Encounters With Death. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1973.
Excerpt: Simone de Beauvoir is one of the most significant writers of the twentieth century and one of the most popular writers of her generation in France and abroad. Her significance and… More

Teaching

A Very Easy Death

A Very Easy Death. Translated by Patrick O'Brian. New York: Pantheon Books, 1965. English translation of Une mort très douce (Paris: Gallimard, 1964).
From the publisher: A Very Easy Death has long been considered one of Simone de Beauvoir’s masterpieces. The profoundly moving, day-by-day recounting of her mother’s death “shows the… More

The Coming of Age

The Coming of Age. Translated by Patrick O'Brian. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1996. English translation of La vieillesse (Paris: Gallimard, 1970).
From the publisher: What do the words elderly, old, and aged really mean? How are they used by society, and how in turn do they define the generation that we are taught to respect and love… More

Beauvoir’s Last Revolt by Edward Grossman

– Grossman, Edward. “Beauvoir’s Last Revolt.” Commentary, August 1, 1972.
Abstract: The unrelenting industry of Simone de Beauvoir is astounding, and it is almost as great as that of Sartre. Like her companion, she continues adding to an achievement and a career… More

Simone de Beauvoir: Encounters with Death

– Marks, Elaine. Simone de Beauvoir: Encounters With Death. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1973.
Excerpt: Simone de Beauvoir is one of the most significant writers of the twentieth century and one of the most popular writers of her generation in France and abroad. Her significance and… More