European Writers

Annotation Volume 12 comprises 22 authoritative essays on important continental European literary figures born between 1900-1929. The essays provide in-depth analyses of the authors' most prominent works, discussing genre, technique, and style, as well as the social, cultural, and political contexts in which the authors lived and wrote. Included are such notable writers as Antoine de Saint Exupery, Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Marguerite Yourcenar, Elio Vittorini, Simone Weil, Ignozio Silone, George Seferis, and others. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.