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She Came to Stay
– She Came to Stay. Translated by Roger Senhouse and Yvonne Moyse. New York: W. W. Norton & Co.,1954. English translation of L'Invitée (Paris: Gallimard, 1943).From the publisher: Set in Paris on the eve of World War II and sizzling with love, anger, and revenge, She Came to Stay explores the changes wrought in the soul of a woman and a city soon… More
The Second Sex
– The Second Sex. Translated by H. M. Parshley. New York: Vintage Books, 1989. English translation of Le deuxième sexe (Paris: Gallimard, 1949).Excerpt: For a long time I have hesitated to write a book on woman. The subject is irritating, especially to women; and it is not new. Enough ink has been spilled in quarrelling over… More
Must We Burn Sade?
– Must We Burn Sade? Translated by Annette Michelson, The Marquis de Sade. New York: Grove Press, 1966. English translation of Faut-il brûler Sade? (Paris: Gallimard, 1955).“Must We Burn Sade?”, a translation of “Faut-il bruler Sade?”, was originally published in ‘Les Temps Moderne’, December 1951 and January 1952. … More
The Woman Destroyed
– The Woman Destroyed. Translated by Patrick O'Brian. New York: Pantheon Books, 1969. English translation of La femme rompue (Paris: Gallimard, 1967).In three “immensely intelligent stories about the decay of passion” (The Sunday Herald Times), Simone de Beauvoir draws us into the lives of three women, all past their first youth, all… More
Identity Without Selfhood: Simone de Beauvoir and Bisexuality
– Fraser, Mariam. Identity Without Selfhood: Simone de Beauvoir and Bisexuality, Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1999.From the publisher: Situated at the crossroads of feminism, queer theory, and poststructuralist debates around identity, this is not a book about Simone de Beauvoir, but, rather, a book… More
Menage à trois: Freud, Beauvoir and the Marquis de Sade
– Bergoffen, Debra. “Menage à trois: Freud, Beauvoir and the Marquis de Sade”, Continental Philosophy Review, 34: 151–163, 2001.Abstract: Without rejecting Simone de Beauvoir’s often cited feminist agenda, this paper takes up her less frequently noted insight – that woman’s existence as the inessential… More
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She Came to Stay
– She Came to Stay. Translated by Roger Senhouse and Yvonne Moyse. New York: W. W. Norton & Co.,1954. English translation of L'Invitée (Paris: Gallimard, 1943).From the publisher: Set in Paris on the eve of World War II and sizzling with love, anger, and revenge, She Came to Stay explores the changes wrought in the soul of a woman and a city soon… More
The Second Sex
– The Second Sex. Translated by H. M. Parshley. New York: Vintage Books, 1989. English translation of Le deuxième sexe (Paris: Gallimard, 1949).Excerpt: For a long time I have hesitated to write a book on woman. The subject is irritating, especially to women; and it is not new. Enough ink has been spilled in quarrelling over… More
Must We Burn Sade?
– Must We Burn Sade? Translated by Annette Michelson, The Marquis de Sade. New York: Grove Press, 1966. English translation of Faut-il brûler Sade? (Paris: Gallimard, 1955).“Must We Burn Sade?”, a translation of “Faut-il bruler Sade?”, was originally published in ‘Les Temps Moderne’, December 1951 and January 1952. … More
The Woman Destroyed
– The Woman Destroyed. Translated by Patrick O'Brian. New York: Pantheon Books, 1969. English translation of La femme rompue (Paris: Gallimard, 1967).In three “immensely intelligent stories about the decay of passion” (The Sunday Herald Times), Simone de Beauvoir draws us into the lives of three women, all past their first youth, all… More
Identity Without Selfhood: Simone de Beauvoir and Bisexuality
– Fraser, Mariam. Identity Without Selfhood: Simone de Beauvoir and Bisexuality, Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1999.From the publisher: Situated at the crossroads of feminism, queer theory, and poststructuralist debates around identity, this is not a book about Simone de Beauvoir, but, rather, a book… More
Menage à trois: Freud, Beauvoir and the Marquis de Sade
– Bergoffen, Debra. “Menage à trois: Freud, Beauvoir and the Marquis de Sade”, Continental Philosophy Review, 34: 151–163, 2001.Abstract: Without rejecting Simone de Beauvoir’s often cited feminist agenda, this paper takes up her less frequently noted insight – that woman’s existence as the inessential… More
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She Came to Stay
– She Came to Stay. Translated by Roger Senhouse and Yvonne Moyse. New York: W. W. Norton & Co.,1954. English translation of L'Invitée (Paris: Gallimard, 1943).From the publisher: Set in Paris on the eve of World War II and sizzling with love, anger, and revenge, She Came to Stay explores the changes wrought in the soul of a woman and a city soon… More
The Second Sex
– The Second Sex. Translated by H. M. Parshley. New York: Vintage Books, 1989. English translation of Le deuxième sexe (Paris: Gallimard, 1949).Excerpt: For a long time I have hesitated to write a book on woman. The subject is irritating, especially to women; and it is not new. Enough ink has been spilled in quarrelling over… More
Must We Burn Sade?
– Must We Burn Sade? Translated by Annette Michelson, The Marquis de Sade. New York: Grove Press, 1966. English translation of Faut-il brûler Sade? (Paris: Gallimard, 1955).“Must We Burn Sade?”, a translation of “Faut-il bruler Sade?”, was originally published in ‘Les Temps Moderne’, December 1951 and January 1952. … More
The Woman Destroyed
– The Woman Destroyed. Translated by Patrick O'Brian. New York: Pantheon Books, 1969. English translation of La femme rompue (Paris: Gallimard, 1967).In three “immensely intelligent stories about the decay of passion” (The Sunday Herald Times), Simone de Beauvoir draws us into the lives of three women, all past their first youth, all… More
Identity Without Selfhood: Simone de Beauvoir and Bisexuality
– Fraser, Mariam. Identity Without Selfhood: Simone de Beauvoir and Bisexuality, Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1999.From the publisher: Situated at the crossroads of feminism, queer theory, and poststructuralist debates around identity, this is not a book about Simone de Beauvoir, but, rather, a book… More
Menage à trois: Freud, Beauvoir and the Marquis de Sade
– Bergoffen, Debra. “Menage à trois: Freud, Beauvoir and the Marquis de Sade”, Continental Philosophy Review, 34: 151–163, 2001.Abstract: Without rejecting Simone de Beauvoir’s often cited feminist agenda, this paper takes up her less frequently noted insight – that woman’s existence as the inessential… More
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She Came to Stay
– She Came to Stay. Translated by Roger Senhouse and Yvonne Moyse. New York: W. W. Norton & Co.,1954. English translation of L'Invitée (Paris: Gallimard, 1943).From the publisher: Set in Paris on the eve of World War II and sizzling with love, anger, and revenge, She Came to Stay explores the changes wrought in the soul of a woman and a city soon… More
The Second Sex
– The Second Sex. Translated by H. M. Parshley. New York: Vintage Books, 1989. English translation of Le deuxième sexe (Paris: Gallimard, 1949).Excerpt: For a long time I have hesitated to write a book on woman. The subject is irritating, especially to women; and it is not new. Enough ink has been spilled in quarrelling over… More
Must We Burn Sade?
– Must We Burn Sade? Translated by Annette Michelson, The Marquis de Sade. New York: Grove Press, 1966. English translation of Faut-il brûler Sade? (Paris: Gallimard, 1955).“Must We Burn Sade?”, a translation of “Faut-il bruler Sade?”, was originally published in ‘Les Temps Moderne’, December 1951 and January 1952. … More
The Woman Destroyed
– The Woman Destroyed. Translated by Patrick O'Brian. New York: Pantheon Books, 1969. English translation of La femme rompue (Paris: Gallimard, 1967).In three “immensely intelligent stories about the decay of passion” (The Sunday Herald Times), Simone de Beauvoir draws us into the lives of three women, all past their first youth, all… More
Identity Without Selfhood: Simone de Beauvoir and Bisexuality
– Fraser, Mariam. Identity Without Selfhood: Simone de Beauvoir and Bisexuality, Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1999.From the publisher: Situated at the crossroads of feminism, queer theory, and poststructuralist debates around identity, this is not a book about Simone de Beauvoir, but, rather, a book… More
Menage à trois: Freud, Beauvoir and the Marquis de Sade
– Bergoffen, Debra. “Menage à trois: Freud, Beauvoir and the Marquis de Sade”, Continental Philosophy Review, 34: 151–163, 2001.Abstract: Without rejecting Simone de Beauvoir’s often cited feminist agenda, this paper takes up her less frequently noted insight – that woman’s existence as the inessential… More
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She Came to Stay
– She Came to Stay. Translated by Roger Senhouse and Yvonne Moyse. New York: W. W. Norton & Co.,1954. English translation of L'Invitée (Paris: Gallimard, 1943).From the publisher: Set in Paris on the eve of World War II and sizzling with love, anger, and revenge, She Came to Stay explores the changes wrought in the soul of a woman and a city soon… More
The Second Sex
– The Second Sex. Translated by H. M. Parshley. New York: Vintage Books, 1989. English translation of Le deuxième sexe (Paris: Gallimard, 1949).Excerpt: For a long time I have hesitated to write a book on woman. The subject is irritating, especially to women; and it is not new. Enough ink has been spilled in quarrelling over… More
Must We Burn Sade?
– Must We Burn Sade? Translated by Annette Michelson, The Marquis de Sade. New York: Grove Press, 1966. English translation of Faut-il brûler Sade? (Paris: Gallimard, 1955).“Must We Burn Sade?”, a translation of “Faut-il bruler Sade?”, was originally published in ‘Les Temps Moderne’, December 1951 and January 1952. … More
The Woman Destroyed
– The Woman Destroyed. Translated by Patrick O'Brian. New York: Pantheon Books, 1969. English translation of La femme rompue (Paris: Gallimard, 1967).In three “immensely intelligent stories about the decay of passion” (The Sunday Herald Times), Simone de Beauvoir draws us into the lives of three women, all past their first youth, all… More
Identity Without Selfhood: Simone de Beauvoir and Bisexuality
– Fraser, Mariam. Identity Without Selfhood: Simone de Beauvoir and Bisexuality, Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1999.From the publisher: Situated at the crossroads of feminism, queer theory, and poststructuralist debates around identity, this is not a book about Simone de Beauvoir, but, rather, a book… More
Menage à trois: Freud, Beauvoir and the Marquis de Sade
– Bergoffen, Debra. “Menage à trois: Freud, Beauvoir and the Marquis de Sade”, Continental Philosophy Review, 34: 151–163, 2001.Abstract: Without rejecting Simone de Beauvoir’s often cited feminist agenda, this paper takes up her less frequently noted insight – that woman’s existence as the inessential… More