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• catalog abstract ""The publication of Rebecca West's Survivors in Mexico marks an important literary event: the rescue from oblivion of a daring and important work by an major twentieth-century writer. This book is West's exploration of Mexican history, religion, and culture - a work the author clearly conceived as a companion and sequel to her masterpiece about the Balkans, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (1941). Although West never brought Survivors to completion, she left behind a series of extensive drafts and revisions that Bernard Schweizer has meticulously assembled and edited. The result is a welcome addition to the Rebecca West canon - a compelling travel memoir/history comparable to her best work, and one certain to gain readers and critical acclaim." "West's narrative takes on Mexican history - the conquest by Spain, the Mexican Revolution, and the muralist movement - and explores the inner lives of such figures as Cortes, Montezuma, the Reclus brothers, Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Dr. Atl, and Leon Trotsky. The author's concern is to distill meaning from the complex and often incoherent mass of data that characterizes the process of history. She draws fascinating connections between consciousness and material life, between subjective desire and social agency, and between art and politics. She sheds light on the revolutionary impulse and outlines a philosophy of history that acknowledges darkness yet documents the triumph of the human spirit over adversity."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b12806657.
• catalog contributor b12806658.
• catalog coverage "Mexico Civilization 20th century.".
• catalog coverage "Mexico Description and travel.".
• catalog created "c2003.".
• catalog date "2003".
• catalog date "c2003.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
• catalog description ""The publication of Rebecca West's Survivors in Mexico marks an important literary event: the rescue from oblivion of a daring and important work by an major twentieth-century writer. This book is West's exploration of Mexican history, religion, and culture - a work the author clearly conceived as a companion and sequel to her masterpiece about the Balkans, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (1941). Although West never brought Survivors to completion, she left behind a series of extensive drafts and revisions that Bernard Schweizer has meticulously assembled and edited. The result is a welcome addition to the Rebecca West canon - a compelling travel memoir/history comparable to her best work, and one certain to gain readers and critical acclaim." "West's narrative takes on Mexican history - the conquest by Spain, the Mexican Revolution, and the muralist movement - and explores the inner lives of such figures as Cortes, Montezuma, the Reclus brothers, Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Dr. Atl, and Leon Trotsky. The author's concern is to distill meaning from the complex and often incoherent mass of data that characterizes the process of history. She draws fascinating connections between consciousness and material life, between subjective desire and social agency, and between art and politics. She sheds light on the revolutionary impulse and outlines a philosophy of history that acknowledges darkness yet documents the triumph of the human spirit over adversity."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-254) and index.".
• catalog description "Mexico City I -- Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo -- Leon Trotsky -- Mexico City II -- Race Relations I -- Chapultepec I -- Anthropological Museum I -- Aztec Society -- Anthropological Museum II -- Chapultepec II -- Juan de Zummáraga -- Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain -- Minerals and Mines -- Hernán Cortés -- Doña Marina -- Religion and Sorcery -- Quetzalcoatl -- Montezuma -- Tenochtitlán -- Race Relations II -- Cuauhtémoc -- Dr. Atl I -- Elie and Elisée Reclus -- Dr. Atl II -- Revolution -- Dr. Atl III -- Benito Mussolini -- Dr. Atl IV.".
• catalog extent "xxx, 264 p. ;".
• catalog identifier "0300098863 (alk. paper)".
• catalog issued "2003".
• catalog issued "c2003.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New Haven, [Conn.] : Yale University Press,".
• catalog spatial "Mexico Civilization 20th century.".
• catalog spatial "Mexico Description and travel.".
• catalog subject "972.08/31 21".
• catalog subject "F1216.5 .W57 2003".
• catalog subject "West, Rebecca, 1892-1983.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Mexico City I -- Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo -- Leon Trotsky -- Mexico City II -- Race Relations I -- Chapultepec I -- Anthropological Museum I -- Aztec Society -- Anthropological Museum II -- Chapultepec II -- Juan de Zummáraga -- Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain -- Minerals and Mines -- Hernán Cortés -- Doña Marina -- Religion and Sorcery -- Quetzalcoatl -- Montezuma -- Tenochtitlán -- Race Relations II -- Cuauhtémoc -- Dr. Atl I -- Elie and Elisée Reclus -- Dr. Atl II -- Revolution -- Dr. Atl III -- Benito Mussolini -- Dr. Atl IV.".
• catalog title "Survivors in Mexico / Rebecca West ; edited and introduced by Bernard Schweizer.".
• catalog type "text".