{"product_id":"victoria-ocampo-doris-meyer-9780292787100","title":"Victoria Ocampo: Against the Wind and the Tide","description":"\u003cp\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eSur\u003c\/i\u003e, an influential South American literary review and publishing house. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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 North American writers and artists to the South American public--through the pages of her review, through translations of their work, and through lecture tours and recitations. She examines Ocampo's personal relationships with some of the most illustrious writers and thinkers of this century--including José Ortega y Gasset, Rabindranath Tagore, Count Hermann Keyserling, Virginia Woolf, Adrienne Monnier, Vita Sackville-West, Gabriela Mistral, and many others. And she portrays an extraordinary woman who rebelled against the strictures of family and social class to become a leading personality in the fight for women's rights in Argentina and, later, a steadfast opponent of the Perón regime, for which she was sent to jail in 1953. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Fifteen of Victoria Ocampo's essays, selected from her more than ten volumes of prose and translated by Doris Meyer, complement the biographical study. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Doris Meyer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0292787103\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292787100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/1989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 332\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.78d","brand":"Doris Meyer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056734990591,"sku":"9780292787100","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_aa9baafe-6dbb-4be6-b2f5-3865e7187399.jpg?v=1685042970","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/victoria-ocampo-doris-meyer-9780292787100","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}