The Fascination Of What'S Difficult Av Kim Bendheim

The Fascination Of What'S Difficult Av Kim Bendheim

Maud Gonne, the legendary woman known as the Irish Joan of Arc, left her mark on everyone she met. She famously won the devotion of one of the greatest poets of the age, William Butler Yeats. Born into tremendous privilege, she allied herself with rebels and the downtrodden and openly defied what was at the time the......
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<p>Maud Gonne, the legendary woman known as the Irish Joan of Arc, left her mark on everyone she met. She famously won the devotion of one of the greatest poets of the age, William Butler Yeats. Born into tremendous privilege, she allied herself with rebels and the downtrodden and openly defied what was at the time the world¿s most powerful empire. She was an actress, a journalist and an activist for the cause of Irish independence. Ignoring the threat of social ostracism, she had several children out of wedlock. She was an independent woman who charted her own course.</p><p>Yet Maud Gonne was also a lifelong anti-semite, someone who, even after the horrors of the Second World War, could not summon sympathy for the millions murdered by the Nazis. A believer in the occult and in reincarnation, she took mescaline with Yeats to enhance visions of mythic Irish heroes and heroines, and in mid-life converted to Catholicism in order to marry her husband, the Irish Catholic war hero John MacBr
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Maud Gonne, the legendary woman known as the Irish Joan of Arc, left her mark on everyone she met. She famously won the devotion of one of the greatest poets of the age, William Butler Yeats. Born into tremendous privilege, she allied herself with rebels and the downtrodden and openly defied what was at the time the world’s most powerful empire. She was an actress, a journalist and an activist for the cause of Irish independence. Ignoring the threat of social ostracism, she had several children out of wedlock. She was an independent woman who charted her own course.Yet Maud Gonne was also a lifelong anti-semite, someone who, even after the horrors of the Second World War, could not summon sympathy for the millions murdered by the Nazis. A believer in the occult and in reincarnation, she took mescaline with Yeats to enhance visions of mythic Irish heroes and heroines, and in mid-life converted to Catholicism in order to marry her husband, the Irish Catholic war hero John MacBride.What motivated this extraordinary person? Kim Bendheim has long been fascinated by Maud Gonne’s perplexing character, and here gives us an intensely personal assessment of her thrilling life. The product of much original research, including interviews with Gonne’s equally vivid, unconventional descendants,The Fascination of What’s Difficultis a portrait of a powerful woman who, despite her considerable flaws, continues to inspire.

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Oppdag den ekstraordinære historien bak The Fascination Of What'S Difficult Av Kim Bendheim, en fascinerende dybdeutforskning av Maud Gonne, kvinnen som utfordret samfunnsnormer i sin tid. Gonne, kjent som den irske Joan of Arc, påvirket samtidens store kunstnere, inkludert poeten William Butler Yeats, og hun var en uredd forkjemper for irsk uavhengighet. Men hva drev en så kompleks person?

Et portrett av en banebrytende kvinne

  • Unik forskning: Basert på omfattende originalforskning og intervjuer med Gonne's uvanlige etterkommere.
  • Intrikate spørsmål: Utforsk de motstridende aspektene av Gonne sin karakter, inkludert hennes uvanlige tro og valg.
  • Historisk kontekst: Få et innblikk i Gonne sin tid, der hun navigerte gjennom politisk uro og personlig strid.

Kim Bendheim gir oss en personlig vurdering av denne bemerkelsesverdige kvinnen, som med sine betydelige feil fortsatt inspirerer og provoserer. Den gripende fortellingen skaper en dypere forståelse av Gonne’s liv, og hvordan hennes valg har formet måten vi ser på sterke kvinner i dag.

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Med The Fascination Of What'S Difficult får du ikke bare en historieleksjon, men også et innblikk i et sjeldent perspektiv på en av historiens mest gåtefulle personligheter. Enten du er opptatt av litteratur, historie eller feminisme, vil denne boken gi deg verdifull innsikt og mange tanker å ta med deg videre.

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