With the thirteen reflective pieces in The Shimmering Maya and Other Essays, Catharine Savage Brosman embellishes a genre. Witty, profound, and forthright, they reveal the texture of the mind and history of a singular twentieth-century woman - who nonetheless reminds us of ourselves, our mothers, an...

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1. Verfasser:	Brosman, Catharine Savage 1934- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Baton Rouge u.a. Louisiana State Univ. Pr. 1994
Ausgabe:	1. print.
Schlagworte:	English prose United States USA
Zusammenfassung:	With the thirteen reflective pieces in The Shimmering Maya and Other Essays, Catharine Savage Brosman embellishes a genre. Witty, profound, and forthright, they reveal the texture of the mind and history of a singular twentieth-century woman - who nonetheless reminds us of ourselves, our mothers, and our grandmothers At once narrative, commentary and intellectual autobiography, these essays take some of the central questions of human experience and bring to them answers that are both personal and general. Brosman touches upon topics as varied as higher education, why we remember the past (or, history), ecology, travel, men and women (not versus, she insists), grace, and the good life But she moors her musings to specific places, people, and events, sharing with us stories of herself and the individuals who have influenced her - parents, relatives, lovers, husbands, teachers, writers, and philosophers. She moves with entertaining ease from abstract, philosophical considerations to immediate, pragmatic ones
Beschreibung:	149 S.
ISBN:	0807118745