Dangerous Ambition: Rebecca West and Dorothy Thompson: New Women in Search of Love and PowerRandom House Publishing Group, 8 nov 2011 - 512 pagine Born in the 1890s on opposite sides of the Atlantic, friends for more than forty years, Dorothy Thompson and Rebecca West lived strikingly parallel lives that placed them at the center of the social and historical upheavals of the twentieth century. In Dangerous Ambition, Susan Hertog chronicles the separate but intertwined journeys of these two remarkable women writers, who achieved unprecedented fame and influence at tremendous personal cost. American Dorothy Thompson was the first female head of a European news bureau, a columnist and commentator with a tremendous following whom Time magazine once ranked alongside Eleanor Roosevelt as the most influential woman in America. Rebecca West, an Englishwoman at home wherever genius was spoken, blazed a trail for herself as a journalist, literary critic, novelist, and historian. In a prefeminist era when speaking truth to power could get anyone—of either gender—ostracized, blacklisted, or worse, these two smart, self-made women were among the first to warn the world about the dangers posed by fascism, communism, and appeasement. But there was a price to be paid, Hertog shows, for any woman aspiring to such greatness. As much as they sought voice and power in the public forum of opinion and ideas, and the independence of mind and money that came with them, Thompson and West craved the comforts of marriage and home. Torn between convention and the opportunities of the new postwar global world, they were drawn to men who were as ambitious and hungry for love as themselves: Thompson to the brilliant, volatile, and alcoholic Nobel Prize winner Sinclair Lewis; West to her longtime lover H. G. Wells, the lusty literary eminence whose sexual and emotional demands doomed any chance they may have had at love. Tragically, both arrangements produced troubled sons, whose anger and jealousy at their mothers’ iconic fame eroded their sense of personal success. Brimming with fresh insights obtained from previously sealed archives, this penetrating dual biography is a story of twinned lives caught up in the crosscurrents of world events and affairs of the heart—and of the unique trans-Atlantic friendship forged by two of the most creative and complex women of their time. |
Dall'interno del libro
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Pagina 5
... sexuality , and had then discarded her . She had been will- ing to do anything to keep his love , but now she realized it had been an illusion . There was nothing to do but bury herself in her work . Her afternoon , like every other ...
... sexuality , and had then discarded her . She had been will- ing to do anything to keep his love , but now she realized it had been an illusion . There was nothing to do but bury herself in her work . Her afternoon , like every other ...
Pagina 15
... sexuality at the heart of Freudian theory , the economic egalitari- anism of Marx , and even Einstein's theory of relativity contributed to the fear that German culture was being contaminated by alien blood . At this point , her friend ...
... sexuality at the heart of Freudian theory , the economic egalitari- anism of Marx , and even Einstein's theory of relativity contributed to the fear that German culture was being contaminated by alien blood . At this point , her friend ...
Pagina 26
... sexual liaisons . In addi- tion to the regimental medal Charles left behind in Richmond , these were the only tangible relics of his existence . Once the Fairfields found lodgings of their own in Edinburgh , Cicely was sent to George ...
... sexual liaisons . In addi- tion to the regimental medal Charles left behind in Richmond , these were the only tangible relics of his existence . Once the Fairfields found lodgings of their own in Edinburgh , Cicely was sent to George ...
Pagina 31
... sexual partner . Jane was more conventional than he had anticipated , and while she was uncommonly educated , he was increasingly aware she was no match for his genius and no longer able to grasp his ideas . Ironically , Jane's ...
... sexual partner . Jane was more conventional than he had anticipated , and while she was uncommonly educated , he was increasingly aware she was no match for his genius and no longer able to grasp his ideas . Ironically , Jane's ...
Pagina 32
... sexual magnetism of Wells , her daugh- ter Amber was to become the youngest of his conquests . In her late teens when they first met , Amber seemed the quintessential liberated woman . Taught by her parents to follow her conscience ...
... sexual magnetism of Wells , her daugh- ter Amber was to become the youngest of his conquests . In her late teens when they first met , Amber seemed the quintessential liberated woman . Taught by her parents to follow her conscience ...
Sommario
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Becoming Dorothy | 50 |
The Trinity | 76 |
Resurrection | 96 |
Descent | 113 |
Renaissance | 130 |
A Cold Wind | 144 |
Fractured | 261 |
The Kampf | 289 |
No Exit | 323 |
Descent to Glory | 358 |
Obsession | 391 |
EPILOGUE | 427 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 439 |
NOTES | 443 |
A Good Wife | 159 |
The Riddle of the Universe | 173 |
The Faithful Warrior | 190 |
Bloodlust | 219 |
God Lust | 238 |
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY | 469 |
CREDITS | 479 |
INDEX | 481 |
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