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Мэри МакКарти - автор 7 книг. Из известных произведений можно выделить: The Groves of Academe, Камни Флоренции, Окинь холодным взглядом. Все книги можно читать онлайн и бесплатно скачивать на нашем портале.
Henry Mulcahy, a literature instructor at progressive Jocelyn College, is informed that his appointment will not be continued. Convinced he is disliked by the president of Jocelyn because of his abilities as a teacher and his independence of mass opinion, Mulcahy believes he is being made the victim of a witch-hunt. Plotting vengeance, Mulcahy battles to fight for justice and, in the process, reve...
Книгу "Камни Флоренции" американская писательница, публицист и театральный критик Мэри Маккарти (1912-1989) опубликовала в 1956 году. Это полный живых зарисовок путеводитель по Флоренции, и очерк ее бурной истории, и увлекательный рассказ об искусстве и художественной жизни этого овеянного легендами города. К счастью, великие города, подобные Флоренции, меняются медленно, а потому книга Мэри Макка...
Принцип художественного видения писательницы хорошо схвачен в названии сборника "Окинь холодным взглядом" (Cast a Cold Eye, 1950), где Маккарти в очередной раз трезво препарирует своего современника, создавая ряд запоминающихся сатирических портретов, в основе которых - парадоксальное столкновение "видимого" и "сущностного". Пессимизм Маккарти в обязательной победе "видимого": ...
Mary McCarthy's The Group is a sharply-pointed satire of upper-class New England society which follows the post-college lives of eight Vassar graduates, class of '33. Helena was registered for Vassar at birth; Pokey forged her mother's signature on her college application in defiance of the family tradition of "being dim-witted and vain of it." Out in the "real" world, Dottie loses ...
Blending memories and family myths, Mary McCarthy takes us back to the twenties, when she was orphaned in a world of relations as colourful, potent and mysterious as the Catholic religion. There were her grandmothers: one was a blood-curdling Catholic who combined piousness and pugnacity; the other was Jewish and wore a veil to hide the disastrous effects of a face-lift. There was wicked Uncle Mye...
How I Grew explores the young adulthood of Mary McCarthy, one of the most outspoken and prominent intellectuals of the twentieth century. Focusing on eight formative years of her life?from ages 13 to 21, from high school in the Seattle area through college at Vassar. Photographs.
Mary McCarthy was one of the leading literary figures of her time. In addition to the novels and memoirs for which she is best remembered, she was also a tireless literary and social critic. Starting out as a theater reviewer for Partisan Review in 1937, she quickly distinguished herself for her witty and fearless commentary on topics ranging from McCarthyism to the French New Novel to women’s fas...
