Diary of a Philosophy Student: Volume 1, 1926-27 (Beauvoir Series) - Softcover

Beauvoir, Simone De

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0252085906 ISBN 13: 9780252085901

Publisher: University of Illinois Press, 2021

Synopsis

Simone de Beauvoir, still a teen, began a diary while a philosophy student at the Sorbonne. Written in 1926-27—before Beauvoir met Jean-Paul Sartre—the diaries reveal previously unknown details about her life and times and offer critical insights into her early intellectual interests, philosophy, and literary works.

Presented for the first time in translation, this fully annotated first volume of the Diary includes essays from Barbara Klaw and Margaret A. Simons that address its philosophical, historical, and literary significance. It remains an invaluable resource for tracing the development of Beauvoir’s independent thinking and her influence on philosophy, feminism, and the world.

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About the Author

Simone de Beauvoir (1908–86) was a French existentialist philosopher. Her works include The Second Sex (1949). Barbara Klaw (co-transcription, author of notes and annotations, and translator of this volume) is a professor emerita of French at Northern Kentucky University. She is the author of Le Paris de Simone de Beauvoir.Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir, adopted daughter and literary executor of Simone de Beauvoir, is the editor of Lettres à Sartre and many other works by Beauvoir. Margaret A. Simons is a professor of philosophy at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, and author of Beauvoir and “The Second Sex.”Marybeth Timmermann is a contributing translator and editor of "The Useless Mouths" and Other Literary Writings, and other works by Beauvoir.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0252085906
• ISBN 13: 9780252085901
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 392
• Editor: Klaw Barbara, Beauvoir Sylvie Le Bon De, Simons Margaret A., Timmermann Marybeth