AccueilEdith Wharton and the Great War in France
Informations diversesÉpoque contemporaine
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Publié le mardi 27 mai 2014
Résumé
The talk is about Edith Wharton's commitment to Paris and to France from 1914 to 1918. A wealthy and famous expatriate American novelist, who had been living mainly in Paris since 1907, she used her fame, money, writing and influence in the service of France and dedicated her considerable energies (Henry James called her the great "generalissima") to persuading her American countrymen to enter the war. In the anniversary year of the outbreak of the First World War, Edith Wharton's role in war-time Franco-American relations makes a dramatic story, well worth reconsidering.
Annonce
Argument
Public talk organized by the Paris IAS, 18:00 - 20:00.
- Hermione Lee, invited professor at the Paris IAS
Professor Dame Hermione Lee is President of Wolfson College, University of Oxford, and a Fellow of the British Academy. Formerly Goldsmiths’ Professor of English Literature at Oxford, Hermione Lee has written widely on women writers, American literature, life-writing, and modern fiction. She has notably published major biographies of women writers, including lives of Virginia Woolf (1996), Edith Wharton (2007) and Penelope Fitzgerald (2013).
Catégories
- Époque contemporaine (Catégorie principale)
- Esprit et Langage > Langage > Littératures
- Périodes > Époque contemporaine > XXe siècle
- Périodes > Époque contemporaine > XXe siècle > 1914-1918
- Espaces > Europe > France
- Sociétés > Histoire
Lieux
- Inscription obligatoire via le site internet de l'IEA de Paris - 17 Quai d'Anjou
Paris, France (75004)
Dates
- lundi 23 juin 2014
Mots-clés
- Edith Wharton, World War One, Franco-American relations
Contacts
- Simon Luck
courriel : simon [dot] luck [at] paris-iea [dot] fr
URLS de référence
Source de l'information
- Lisette Winkler
courriel : lisette [dot] winkler [at] paris-iea [dot] fr
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« Edith Wharton and the Great War in France », Informations diverses, Calenda, Publié le mardi 27 mai 2014, https://calenda-formation.labocleo.org/287159
