On Modern Marriage and Other Observations - Softcover

Dinesen, Isak

3.1

84 ratings by Goodreads

9780312010744: On Modern Marriage and Other Observations

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312010745 ISBN 13: 9780312010744

Publisher: St Martin's Press, 1987

View all copies of this ISBN edition:

Drawing on her own experiences, the author speculates on the meaning of marriage and the relationship between human love and modern marriage

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

From Library Journal:

Dinesen wrote this essay in 1923 as a long letter to her brother Thomas. Only when love rules can one talk of real marriage, she argued. She had been reading Shaw, particularly his prefaces, and the essay is definitely Shavian in tone, though it lacks Shaw's brilliant logic, depth of argument, and wit. In fact, it is uneven and rather forced. Yet it gives a philosophical background to Dinesen's life (in 1923 her marriage to Bror Blixen was shaky and she had already met and fallen in love with English aristocrat/adventurer Denys Finch Hatton) and work, especially her Out of Africa (Random, 1938) and her short story collections Winter's Tales (Random, 1942) and Shadows on the Grass (Random, 1961). The afterword is excellent. Recommended for special collections. Marcia G. Fuchs, Guilford Free Lib., Ct.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.