Victoria Ocampo: Against the Wind and the Tide

Doris Meyer

Published by University of Texas Press 1989

Victoria Ocampo

Against the Wind and the Tide

Doris Meyer

In the series Texas Pan American Series

https://doi.org/10.7560/787100

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About this book

The "first lady of Argentine letters," Victoria Ocampo is best known as the architect of cultural bridges between the American and European continents and as the founder and director of Sur, an influential South American literary review and publishing house.

In this first biographical study in English of "la superbe Argentine," originally published in 1979, Doris Meyer considers Victoria Ocampo's role in introducing European and North American writers and artists to the South American public—through the pages of her review, through translations of their work, and through lecture tours and recitations. She examines Ocampo's personal relationships with some of the most illustrious writers and thinkers of this century—including José Ortega y Gasset, Rabindranath Tagore, Count Hermann Keyserling, Virginia Woolf, Adrienne Monnier, Vita Sackville-West, Gabriela Mistral, and many others. And she portrays an extraordinary woman who rebelled against the strictures of family and social class to become a leading personality in the fight for women's rights in Argentina and, later, a steadfast opponent of the Perón regime, for which she was sent to jail in 1953.

Fifteen of Victoria Ocampo's essays, selected from her more than ten volumes of prose and translated by Doris Meyer, complement the biographical study.

Author / Editor information

Doris Meyer is Roman S. & Tatiana Weller Professor Emeritus of Hispanic Studies at Connecticut College .

Reviews

The first biographical study in English of a woman who was not only an extraordinary and successful personality in the world of Argentinian letters but a symbol of female rebellion and freedom as a woman.... in all an excellent comprehensive introduction to this remarkable woman for English-speaking audiences.

— British Bulletin of Publications on Latin America, the Caribbean, Portugal and Spain

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Part I
Chapter One: Embarking on a Sweet Sea Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Chapter Two: Charting the Course Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
Chapter Three: Widening Horizons Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
Chapter Four: Barriers and Bridges Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	92
Chapter Five: The Eye of the Storm Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	130
Chapter Six: Chronicles of an Adventurer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	170
Part II. A Selection of Essays by Victoria Ocampo
Sarmiento's Gift Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
Fani Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	200
A King Passes By Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
Maria de Maeztu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	212
Living History Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
Adrienne Monnier Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
Woman, Her Rights, and Her Responsibilities Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	228
Virginia Woolf in My Memory Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
The Forest Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
Gabriela Mistral and the Nobel Prize Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	246
The Man With the Whip Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	252
Albert Camus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263
Heroes With and Without Space Suits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	268
The Last Year of Pachacutec Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273
Women in the Academy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	278
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Language: English
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 332

eBook

Published: October 11, 2013
ISBN: 9780292759121