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Spanning the 1960s to the 2000s, these nonfiction writings showcase Shirley Hazzard's extensive thinking on global politics, international relations, the history and fraught present of Western literary culture, and postwar life in Europe and Asia. They add essential clarity to the themes that d...
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Columbia University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | [2016] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Spanning the 1960s to the 2000s, these nonfiction writings showcase Shirley Hazzard's extensive thinking on global politics, international relations, the history and fraught present of Western literary culture, and postwar life in Europe and Asia. They add essential clarity to the themes that dominate her award-winning fiction and expand the intellectual registers in which her writings work. Hazzard writes about her employment at the United Nations and the institution's manifold failings. She shares her personal experience with the aftermath of the HIroshima atomic bombing and the nature of |
| Carrier Form: | xxi, 220 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9780231173261 (hardback : alkaline paper) : 0231173261 (hardback : alkaline paper) 9780231540797 (e-book) 0231540795 (e-book) |
| Index Number: | PR9619 |
| CLC: | I611.65 |
| Call Number: | I611.65/H431 |
| Contents: | Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Shirley Hazzard -- Author, Amateur, Intellectual / Brigitta Olubas -- Part I. Through Literature Itself -- Part II. The Expressive Word -- Part III. Public Themes -- Part IV. The Great Occasion -- Part V. Last Words -- Notes -- Index. |