HomeEdith Wharton and the Great War in France
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Published on mardi, mai 27, 2014
Summary
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.
Announcement
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).
Subjects
- Modern (Main subject)
- Mind and language > Language > Literature
- Periods > Modern > Twentieth century
- Periods > Modern > Twentieth century > 1914-1918
- Zones and regions > Europe > France
- Society > History
Places
- Inscription obligatoire via le site internet de l'IEA de Paris - 17 Quai d'Anjou
Paris, France (75004)
Date(s)
- lundi, juin 23, 2014
Keywords
- Edith Wharton, World War One, Franco-American relations
Contact(s)
- Simon Luck
courriel : simon [dot] luck [at] paris-iea [dot] fr
Reference Urls
Information source
- Lisette Winkler
courriel : lisette [dot] winkler [at] paris-iea [dot] fr
To cite this announcement
« Edith Wharton and the Great War in France », Miscellaneous information, Calenda, Published on mardi, mai 27, 2014, https://calenda-formation.labocleo.org/287159
