The Nobel Prize–winning poet Gabriela Mistral is celebrated by her native Chile as the “mother of the nation” even though she spent most of her life in Mexico, Europe, and the United States. Throughout the Spanish-speaking world and especially in Chile, Mistral was characterized as a sad, traditionally Catholic spinster. Yet her voluminous correspondence with Doris Dana, long believed to be her secretary, reveals that the two women were lovers from 1948 until Mistral’s death in 1957. These letters, published in Spanish in 2010 and now translated for the first time into English, provide insight into her work as a poet and illuminate her perspectives on politics, especially war and human rights. The correspondence also sheds light on the poet’s personal life and corrects the long-standing misperceptions of her as a lonely, single, heterosexual woman.
The ethical approaches to literature have come into prominence in the twentieth century, calling for a ‘turn to ethics’ in the studies of humanities, in general, and literary studies, in particular. By leading the ethical turn in literature, many theorists proposed a moral-oriented approach to literature, which is still a significant part of literary criticism. The ethical turn in literature has changed the spirit of literary criticism in the direction of virtue and value-based approaches. In this respect, this study scrutinises Doris Lessing’s novels in light of virtue ethics in general and ‘virtue politics,’ ‘care ethics,’ and ‘Sufi virtue ethics’ in particular. Lessing’s connection to virtue ethics, which is implicitly or explicitly reflected in her novels, is examined by giving the panorama of ethical movements whose common point is virtues. This study asserts that Lessing implements an ethical concern in her novels, which is based on her own understanding of virtue ethics.
*Includes pictures. *Includes Day's quotes about her life and career. *Includes a bibliography for further reading. "I've been through everything. I always said I was like those round-bottomed circus dolls - you know, those dolls you could push down and they'd come back up? I've always been like that. I've always said, 'No matter what happens, if I get pushed down, I'm going to come right back up.'" - Doris Day A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history's most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? In Charles River Editors' American Legends series, readers can get caught up to speed on the lives of America's most important men and women in the time it takes to finish a commute, while learning interesting facts long forgotten or never known. It goes without saying that few people have a career spanning 8 decades, yet that claim to fame is occupied by the legendary Doris Day, who got her start in show business as a singer in a big band in 1939 and has not let up since. From there, Day went on to record dozens of albums and hundreds of songs, winning a countless number of awards on the way to being one of the 20th century's most popular singers. One of those recognitions came just a few years ago in 2011, when Day, by that time nearing 90 years old, released a new album that charted 9th in the UK Top 40 Albums, making her the oldest singer ever with that distinction. Her musical career would've been impressive enough, but Doris Day is just as well known today for her film career, which wasn't so bad itself. Though her time in Hollywood was much shorter in comparison to her music career, she nevertheless managed to reach the top in that industry as well. As one of the most popular actresses of the '60s, Day was the biggest box office draw in Hollywood in the early half of that decade, and the only woman among the Top 10. In the process of making nearly 40 movies, Day would eventually be recognized as the highest grossing actress in history, and at the same time she was good enough at her craft to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress. Amazingly, despite her incredible success in both music and film, Day eventually found herself bankrupt due to the mismanagement of her money by her husband, compelling her to reinvent herself as the host of a popular television sitcom. Perhaps not surprisingly, Day excelled in this field as well, making The Doris Day Show one of the most popular shows on television for several years at the end of the '60s. American Legends: The Life of Doris Day examines the life and career of one of the entertainment industry's biggest stars. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about Doris Day like never before, in no time at all.
*Includes pictures. *Includes Day's quotes about her life and career. *Includes a bibliography for further reading. "I've been through everything. I always said I was like those round-bottomed circus dolls - you know, those dolls you could push down and they'd come back up? I've always been like that. I've always said, 'No matter what happens, if I get pushed down, I'm going to come right back up.'" - Doris Day A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history's most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? In Charles River Editors' American Legends series, readers can get caught up to speed on the lives of America's most important men and women in the time it takes to finish a commute, while learning interesting facts long forgotten or never known. It goes without saying that few people have a career spanning 8 decades, yet that claim to fame is occupied by the legendary Doris Day, who got her start in show business as a singer in a big band in 1939 and has not let up since. From there, Day went on to record dozens of albums and hundreds of songs, winning a countless number of awards on the way to being one of the 20th century's most popular singers. One of those recognitions came just a few years ago in 2011, when Day, by that time nearing 90 years old, released a new album that charted 9th in the UK Top 40 Albums, making her the oldest singer ever with that distinction. Her musical career would've been impressive enough, but Doris Day is just as well known today for her film career, which wasn't so bad itself. Though her time in Hollywood was much shorter in comparison to her music career, she nevertheless managed to reach the top in that industry as well. As one of the most popular actresses of the '60s, Day was the biggest box office draw in Hollywood in the early half of that decade, and the only woman among the Top 10. In the process of making nearly 40 movies, Day would eventually be recognized as the highest grossing actress in history, and at the same time she was good enough at her craft to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress. Amazingly, despite her incredible success in both music and film, Day eventually found herself bankrupt due to the mismanagement of her money by her husband, compelling her to reinvent herself as the host of a popular television sitcom. Perhaps not surprisingly, Day excelled in this field as well, making The Doris Day Show one of the most popular shows on television for several years at the end of the '60s. American Legends: The Life of Doris Day examines the life and career of one of the entertainment industry's biggest stars. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about Doris Day like never before, in no time at all.
A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Doris Lessing's The Golden Notebook, regarded by The Oxford Companion to English Literature as one of the key texts of the women's movement of the 1960s. As a uniquely structured four-part novel published in 1962, The Golden Notebook focuses on the idea of fragmentation, both in the structure of the book and the content. Moreover, the novel discusses big picture topics such as mental health, communism, and women's sexuality. This Bright Notes Study Guide explores the context and history of Lessing's classic work, helping students to thoroughly explore the reasons it has stood the literary test of time. Each Bright Notes Study Guide contains: - Introductions to the Author and the Work - Character Summaries - Plot Guides - Section and Chapter Overviews - Test Essay and Study Q&As The Bright Notes Study Guide series offers an in-depth tour of more than 275 classic works of literature, exploring characters, critical commentary, historical background, plots, and themes. This set of study guides encourages readers to dig deeper in their understanding by including essay questions and answers as well as topics for further research.
A major new book about Doris Lee, one of the top female artists - indeed among the top figurative artists, regardless of gender - in the American art world from the mid-1930s through the 1950s. Simple Pleasures presents the first major critical assessment of works by the artist Doris Lee (1904?1983). Lee was one of the most recognised artists in America during the 1930s and 40s, and was a leading figure in the Woodstock Artist's Colony. Her oeuvre reveals a remarkable ability to merge the reduction of abstraction with the appeal of the everyday. In so doing, she offers one of the very rare examples of a coherent visual identity that successfully bridged the various artistic "camps" that formed with the shift in the art world in the post-World War II era. Doris Lee exploded onto the national scene in 1935 when her painting Thanksgiving was awarded the Art Institute of Chicago's Logan Prize and instigated the Sanity in Art movement in protest. Two years later, her painting Catastrophe was purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Simple Pleasures explores this initial national recognition in the 1930s within the context of American Scene painting, and traces the artist's thematic interest in the simple objects and scenes of the everyday through her career. It also examines the influence of the rise in abstraction during the late 1940s and 1950s, and the particular way in which this abstraction found resonance with Lee's long-held interest in, and collections of, folk and non-western art. During this post-war period, Lee, like many of her American Scene colleagues, found lucrative work in the heyday of commercial advertising. Lee's commercial commissions for patrons such as American Tobacco Company, Life magazine, Abbott Laboratories, and Associated American Artists are especially compelling in both their populist accessibility and in their deceptively sophisticated abstraction. Sixty-five works by the artist span the 1930s through the 1960s and are comprised of paintings, drawings, prints, and commissioned commercial designs in fabric and pottery. Included are advertisements by companies that commissioned images from Lee, and photographs that contextualise the artist's work within the Woodstock artist's community. AUTHORS: Barbara L. Jones is chief curator, The Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, PA, and the author of Samuel Rosenberg: Portrait of a Painter (2003). Melissa Wolfe is curator of American Art, St. Louis Art Museum, and co-editor of Reflections: The American Collection of the Columbus Museum of Art (2019). John Fagg is professor of American Studies, University of Birmingham, UK, and author of 'That Abused Word: Genre': The 1930s Genre Painting Revival in The Space Between: Literature and Culture 1914-1945 (2011). Tom Wolf is professor of Art History at Bard College, NY and leading Yasuo Kuniyoshi scholar. 157 colour illustrations
A harrowing flight back from Hawaii leaves newly divorced, Kate Conley, with a throbbing headache and a sassy senior who is stranded at the airport when her ride fails to appear. As a former Girl Scout, Kate feels obligated to help the old lady, whose name she learns is Doris. When a complete stranger tries to force Doris into his car, Kate rushes forward to foil the attempted abduction. After that, what can Kate do but take the shaken Doris home with her?Thus starts a long string of adventures and a thoroughly unique friendship between two women of very different ages and backgrounds. The would-be kidnapper is just the beginning and Kate soon realizes that Doris is hiding a dark secret--one that she refuses to disclose.An added complication is Kate's contentious relationship with hot and handsome, local detective Sam Williamson. But with the help of her neighbors and friends from the local library where she volunteers, plus a theater group she reluctantly joins, Kate works to build a post-divorce life for herself and help Doris determine why she was ALMOST ABDUCTED.
A dear friend of Kate and Doris seems to be the chief suspect in a brutal murder, in which a bloodied body is found in a barn. The suspect disappears and Doris, who seems to know more than she should, refuses to discuss the case with Kate. In addition, Kate's deepening relationship with hot and handsome Shelbyville police detective, Sam Williamson, hits an obstacle when he discovers she will be spending the summer with her old high school sweetheart working on an archaeological dig in southern Indiana. Sam and Kate break up. Sam, to Kate's chagrin, immediately finds a new love interest and Kate discovers that her old high school sweetheart has problems of his own. Doris eventually confides in Kate and together they solve the mystery of The Body in the Barn.
Unlock the more straightforward side of The Grass is Singing with this concise and insightful summary and analysis This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Grass is Singing by Doris Lessing, which tells the story of a white couple in Southern Rhodesia during apartheid. Dick Turner is a farmer who continually struggles but fails to make a profit on his farm; Mary gave up her independence and married him out of shame at still being single in her 30s. Their marriage is failing and they both feel frustrated with their lives and frequently lash out at the black workers on the farm where they live. However, Mary, starved of social interaction and intellectual stimulation, gradually becomes close to the black cook Moses, with disastrous consequences for the Turners and for their white compatriots. The Grass is Singing is an excellent example of the realism for which Lessing's writing is celebrated, and remains one of her best-known and most acclaimed works. Find out everything you need to know about The Grass is Singing in a fraction of the time This in-depth and informative reading guide brings you: - A complete plot summary- Character studies- Key themes and symbols- Questions for further reflection Why choose BrightSummaries.com?Available in print and digital format, our publications are designed to accompany you on your reading journey. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. See the very best of literature in a whole new light with BrightSummaries.com
Das Romanwerk der Doris Lessing ist bis 1969 von konstruktiven und kritisch-emanzipatorischen Elementen bestimmt. Diese Thematik zeigt sich besonders im Kampf des Individuums um Eigenverantwortung fur sich und seine Welt (The Golden Notebook). Die spateren Romane jedoch entfernen sich, auch formal (Science Fiction), von dieser Thematik. Die vorliegende Studie stellt sich zur Aufgabe, diese Entwicklung kritisch auszuleuchten."
Die Literaturnobelpreistragerin Doris Lessing hat ein umfangreiches Werk hinterlassen und beschaftigte sich uber 52 Jahre intensiv mit Krankheiten, Arztbildern und Methoden der Medizin. Ihre Darstellung lasst sich nicht auf einzelne Einflusse reduzieren, sondern greift eine ideologisierte und politisierte Medizin ebenso auf, wie Schwachen radikaler Gegenentwurfe. Systeme der Rassentrennung sowie marxistische und faschistoide Theorien werden in ihrer Brutalitat illustriert. Durch die Rezeption C. G. Jungs und wichtiger medizinhistorischer Motive erfolgt ein Gegenentwurf, der Leid und existentielle Umstande des Menschseins mit wissenschaftichen Methoden zu versohnen sucht. Soziale Dimensionen offenbaren den Arzt als "Sisyphos", der eigene Schwachen mit denen des Patienten aufgreift, um letztlich doch immer zu scheitern. Die Analyse der zeitlosen Gedankenexperimente Lessings bietet damit Klinikern und Patienten perspektivenreiche Einblicke in den medizinischen Alltag.
