Sylvia Beach and women’s scholarly communities under Occupation
The diary of Madeleine Blaess
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21409859 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wendy Michallat (University of Sheffield, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 47-58 |
| Publication date | 2021-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of European Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-2441 • E-ISSN: 1740-2379 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0047244120988363 |
| OpenAlex | W3136302346 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 8 |
In 1939 Madeleine Blaess, a languages graduate, left her home in England for Paris to begin doctoral research at the Sorbonne. Unable to escape Paris before the German invasion in spring 1940, she was trapped in France for the duration of the war. The letters she wrote to her parents during the Phoney War, and the diary she began in October 1940 and continued until after the Liberation, are a fascinating account of her life as a postgraduate scholar in wartime. Through these written traces we glimpse women-run social and intellectual communities and businesses to which many women students turned for scholarly and moral support and, occasionally, practical and financial succour. This article draws on Madeleine’s letters and diary to describe and evaluate the importance of these extra-curricular networks in supporting women students during wartime with a particular focus on the bookshop and library Shakespeare and Company, run by Sylvia Beach
Archaeology · Art history · German · Media studies · Sociology · World War II · Cultural History and Identity Formation · French Historical and Cultural Studies · Gender Studies · Historical and Political Studies · History
| Citations per year | 0.09 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2015 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |