East West Odyssey

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T VT here are you from? Who W are you? How did you get to where you are today? Where do you feel "at home"? What are your politics, your "spirituality''? What would you still Üke to accomplish?
Responses to such questions in this book evoke the story of an individual who had the integrity courage and determination to jump back on her feet after the most devastating experiences. Eager to perfect her knowledge, talents and sldlls while living in several different countries, taking as models the many distinguished people she encountered in literature, philosophy the arts and politics, she was able to establish herself both professionally and socially and enjoy many rewards.
Yet since her terrifying childhood experiences in World War II, which haunted her again during more recent violent and devastating confrontations, she has vowed never to falter from denouncing the abuses and crimes against other human beings perpetrated by evil... Tovább

Fülszöveg

li
Vj';.!'.;® I
üfíi
I i'i^i .11
j I' (
mkí'i
T VT here are you from? Who W are you? How did you get to where you are today? Where do you feel "at home"? What are your politics, your "spirituality''? What would you still Üke to accomplish?
Responses to such questions in this book evoke the story of an individual who had the integrity courage and determination to jump back on her feet after the most devastating experiences. Eager to perfect her knowledge, talents and sldlls while living in several different countries, taking as models the many distinguished people she encountered in literature, philosophy the arts and politics, she was able to establish herself both professionally and socially and enjoy many rewards.
Yet since her terrifying childhood experiences in World War II, which haunted her again during more recent violent and devastating confrontations, she has vowed never to falter from denouncing the abuses and crimes against other human beings perpetrated by evil politicians, governments and interest groups, especially as they affect children.
P va Livia Corredor (maiden
name Sarlós) was born in Hungary and grew up in several countries of Europe where she earned a German Abitur and a Diploma in Hungarian from the Sorbonne. Her M.A and Ph.D. degrees are from Columbia University As professor of French and German she taught at Barnard College, Douglass
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College and Mills College and held visiting professor positions at Reed College and the University of Washington before joining the faculty of the United States Naval Academy for seventeen years which she also represented as exchange lecturer for a year at the Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth^ England. She spent a sabbatical leave as visiting research professor at Harvard University. Her research and publications are in contemporary theory and criticism with a special interest in György Lukács whose work she discussed in two books. Her other publications appeared in Diacritics, Sub-Stance, French Review, New German Critiijue, Slavic Review, PPiibsofhy and Literature, Comparative Literature, University of Ottawa Quarterly, Etudes francophones and Tracing Literary Theory. Among her awards are Paul Harris Fellow^ Excellence in Research Award and Meritorious Civilian Service Award from the USNA.
She makes her home in the United States, near New York City, but spends several months a year in Paris, France.
Eva Corredor Vissza