Presented by Dr. Julia Poertner, Languages & Literatures

 

Abstract: It is a philosophy of continuity, of communality, of looking at the individual as part of society and looking at the human species as part

of a bigger society - nature," said Elisabeth Mann Borgese, born in 1918, the second youngest child of the German novelist, Thomas Mann,

about her work, revealing an ecological world view within which agents of nature and culture are inherently connected. In 1975, with the

publication of The Drama of the Oceans, Borgese was recognized as a serious and compelling writer. But before her field was "everything to

do with oceans," she authored books about the role of women in society and human-animal communication. Like most members of the Mann family, she was also a writer of fiction.

 

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Made possible by the generous support of the Harrison McCain Foundation, the Faculty of Arts, and the Office of Research and Graduate Studies.

 

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