Tough Enough: Arbus, Arendt, Didion, McCarthy, Sontag, Weil

by Deborah Nelson

Book Overview

This book focuses on six brilliant women who are often seen as particularly tough-minded: Simone Weil, Hannah Arendt, Mary McCarthy, Susan Sontag, Diane Arbus, and Joan Didion. Aligned with no single tradition, they escape straightforward categories. Yet their work evinces an affinity of style and philosophical viewpoint that derives from a shared attitude toward suffering. What Mary McCarthy called a "cold eye" was not merely a personal aversion...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022645780X
• ISBN13: 9780226457802
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"