Victoria Ocampo: Against the Wind and the Tide

by Doris Meyer

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292787103
• ISBN13: 9780292787100
• Release Date: November 1989
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"