Nancy--MitfordPPT课件

.,1,NancyMitford,.,2,NancyMitford(19041973),Born:November28,1904,London,EnglandDied:January30,1973(aged68),Versailles,FranceOccupation:novelist,biographer,.,3,LifeExperience,BornandbroughtupinLondonMovedtoParisattheendoftheSecondWorldWarandlatertoVersaillesin1967Awell-knownpublicpersonality,invariablyelegantlydressed,livedabusysocialandliterarylife,hadahugenumberoffriendsandacquaintancesintheEnglish,FrenchandItalianaristocracies,traveledfrequentlyandestablishedapatternofvisitstocountryhousesinEngland,IrelandandFranceaswellasannualvisitstoVenice.,.,4,MitfordSisters,ShewasoneofthenotedMitfordSistersandthefirsttopublicizetheextraordinaryfamilylifeofherveryEnglishandveryeccentricfamily,givingrisetoaMitfordindustrywhichcontinues.Politicallyamoderatesocialist,shesomehowkeptongoodtermsmostofthetimewithhersisters,despitetheextremepoliticalviewsofDiana,JessicaandUnity,mainlybydeployingheracerbicwit.SomeoftheirlettersarerepublishedinTheMitfords:Lettersbetweensixsisters.,.,5,TheMitfordSiblings,PamelaMitford(November25,1907April12,1994)ThomasMitford(January2,1909March30,1945)DianaMitford(June17,1910August11,2003)UnityMitford(August8,1914May28,1948)JessicaMitford(September11,1917July22,1996)DeborahMitford(bornMarch31,1920),.,6,Style,ShehadaparticularMitfordbrandofhumorwhichbecameverywellknownthroughhernovelsandnewspaperarticlesandattractedacultfollowing.Hernovels,letters,articlesandessaysarenotablefortheirhumor,irony,teasesandculturalandsocialbreadth.,.,7,Genre,Sheisbestrememberedforherseriesofnovelsaboutupper-classlifeinEnglandandFrance,particularlythefourpublishedafter1945;Shealsowrotefourwell-received,well-researchedpopularbiographies(ofLouisXIV,MadamedePompadour,Voltaire,andFredericktheGreat).,.,8,MajorWorks,HighlandFling(1931)ChristmasPudding(1932)WigsontheGreen(1935)PigeonPie(1940)ThePursuitofLove(1945)LoveinaColdClimate(1949)TheBlessing(1951)MadamedePompadour(1954)VoltaireinLove(1957)DontTellAlfred(1960)TheWaterBeetle(1962)TheSunKing(1966)FredericktheGreat(1970),.,9,Awards,ShewasmadeaCommanderoftheOrderoftheBritishEmpireandanOfficerintheFrenchLegionofHonourin1972.Sheisthesubjectofseveralbiographies,including:NancyMitford:aMemoirbyHaroldAc