Artists, intellectuals, and World War II : the Pontigny encounters at Mount Holyoke College, 1942-1944 / edited by Christopher Benfey and Karen Remmler.

Other author Benfey, Christopher E. G., 1954-
Other author Remmler, Karen.
Format Book
Publication InfoAmherst : University of Massachusetts Press, ©2006.
Descriptionxiii, 294 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Bespaloff, Rachel.
Mount Holyoke College--History. --20th century.
Scholars--Europe. --History. --20th century.
Scholars--United States. --History. --20th century.
Philosophy, Modern--20th century.
Art, Modern--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements.
Europe--Intellectual life. --20th century.
United States--Intellectual life. --20th century.

Contents Pontigny-en-Amérique / Laurent Jeanpierre -- The vision of Helen Patch / Elissa Gelfand -- The OSS pays a visit / Leah D. Hewitt -- The philosophical model of a counter-institution / Jacques Derrida -- Reflections on Wallace Stevens at Mount Holyoke / Stanley Cavell -- Thoughts on Wallace Stevens's contribution at Pontigny-en-Amérique : response to Cavell / Jeffrey Mehlman -- Postscript : response to Mehlman / Stanley Cavell -- Henry Church and the literary magazine mesures : "the American resource" / Claire Paulhan -- Romantic reverberations / Jed Perl -- Robert Motherwell and the modern painter's world / Mary Anne Caws -- The critical moment : Lionello Venturi in America / Romy Golan -- Medievalism and Pontigny / Nadia Margolis --
Contents Gustave Cohen at Pont-Holyoke : the drama of belonging to France / Helen Solterer -- The tiger leaps : Louis Aragon, Gustave Cohen, and the poetry of resistance / Jeffrey Mehlman -- Poetry and reality : Roman O. Jakobson and Claude Lévi-Strauss / Andrew Lass -- Jacques Hadamard and creativity in the sciences / Donal O'Shea -- A tale of two Iliads / Christopher Benfey -- Hannah Arendt on action and violence with reference to Simone Weil and Rachel Bespaloff on Homer's Iliad : a conversation / Jerome Kohn and Elisabeth Young-Bruehl -- Concerning the label emigrant : Brecht's Conversations in exile and the century of refugees / Holger Teschke -- Rachel Bespaloff and the nostalgia for the instant / Olivier Salazar-Ferrer -- Rediscovering Rachel Bespaloff / Monique Jutrin -- Searching for Rachel Bespaloff / Alyssa Danigelis -- Blend and belong / Renee Scialom Cary -- Memories of Rachel Bespaloff / Barbara Levin Amster -- Pauvre Rachel / Naomi Bespaloff Levinson -- Conclusion : encounters of hope / Karen Remmler.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2006003039
ISBN1558495312 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN1558495304 (library cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9781558495319

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Joyner General Stacks AS4.D38 A75 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold