Dimensions
129 x 199 x 8mm
Marguerite Duras was one of the twentieth century's most successful, prolific, and challenging authors. In this introduction, Martin Crowley provides a clear, accessible guide to understanding Duras both as an important figure in her own right, and in her artistic, political, and philosophical contexts.
Martin Crowley's informative text explores:
- Duras's major works, along with a number of lesser-known texts
- Key critical approaches to Duras's work, including feminism and psychoanalysis
- Major recurrent themes found in Duras's work, including memory, desire and women
- Duras's emergence as a provocative and deeply committed artist, whose attentive interest in the dramas of everyday life still allows her work to touch the lives of its audience in a way that is as passionate as it is poignant
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