Mary McCarthy: Gender, Politics, and the Postwar Intellectual is the first book to fully examine Mary McCarthy as a fiction writer and a cultural critic. With her sharp wit and critical eye, McCarthy offers a valuable perspective on the continuing debate over liberal values and the responsibility of the intellectual. As a Catholic woman from the Northwest, McCarthy stands on the periphery of the largely Jewish, male-dominated New York intellectual scene. This marginalized identity shapes her satiric vision of postwar American culture and makes her a consummate critic of liberalism from within. Drawing on unpublished materials from the Mary McCarthy archives, Mary McCarthy: Gender, Politics, and the Postwar Intellectual makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of one of America's leading women intellectuals.
| ISBN: | 9780820468075 |
| Publication date: | 3rd August 2004 |
| Author: | Sabrina Fuchs Abrams |
| Publisher: | P. Lang an imprint of Lang, Peter, Publishing Inc. |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 143 pages |
| Series: | Modern American Literature |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: general Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Gender studies: women and girls |
Mary McCarthy: Gender, Politics, and the Postwar Intellectual is the first book to fully examine Mary McCarthy as a fiction writer and a cultural critic. With her sharp wit and critical eye, McCarthy offers a valuable perspective on the continuing debate over liberal values and the responsibility of the intellectual. As a Catholic woman from the Northwest, McCarthy stands on the periphery of the largely Jewish, male-dominated New York intellectual scene. This marginalized identity shapes her satiric vision of postwar American culture and makes her a consummate critic of liberalism from within. Drawing on unpublished materials from the Mary McCarthy archives, Mary McCarthy: Gender, Politics, and the Postwar Intellectual makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of one of America's leading women intellectuals.
Mary McCarthy features in the following genres: Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Gender studies: women and girls
Mary McCarthy is available in Hardback
Mary McCarthy was written by Sabrina Fuchs Abrams and published by P. Lang an imprint of Lang, Peter, Publishing Inc.
Mary McCarthy has 143 pages
Yes it is part of Modern American Literature series