Anaïs Nin in Context

List of Figures; List of Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and Notes; Introduction Francisco José Cortés Vieco and Anita Jarczok; Part I. Life and Genres: 1. Biography Benjamin Franklin V.; 2. The Diary Anita Jarczok; 3. Fiction Diane Richard-Allerdyce; 4. Letters: 'Dear Anaïs' Meritxell Simon-Martin; 5. Erotic/a Nina Attwood; 6. Nin's Illness and Healthcare Francisco José Cortés Vieco; Part II. Interpersonal and Artistic Engagements: 7. Other Diarists Anita Jarczok; 8. Modernism Helen Tookey; 9. Surrealism Josie Cray; 10. D. H. Lawrence Buxi Duan; 11. The Femme Fatale and June Ida Therén; 12. Nin's Cinematic Vision David Seed; Part III. Mind and Subjectivity: 13. Nin's Prescient Pathways into Brain Science Suzanne Nalbantian; 14. Myth and Nin's Mythopoetics Clara Oropeza; 15. Psychology of Creativity Gwenda Koo; 16. Psychoanalysis Michael L. Shuman; Part IV. Gender and Women's Rights: 17. Reproductive Politics and Nin's Personal Choice Francisco José Cortés Vieco; 18. Mid-century Feminism Andrew Milne; 19. Sex and Sex Writing Kim Krizan; 20. Dress and Femininity Gwendolyn M. Michel; Part V. Geographical Contexts: 21. Paris Jessica Widner; 22. The Mediterranean Simon Dubois Boucheraud; 23. New York Cyrus R. K. Patell; 24. The Far East Pinky Chung-Man Lui; Part VI. Sociocultural Contexts: 25. Independent Presses and Bookshops Yuko Yaguchi; 26. Nin and the US Publishing Industry Paul Herron; 27. LSD and Nin's Psychedelic Experience Zoë Dubus and Pierre Léger; 28. Double Life, Triple Jeopardy: Nin and the Law Susan Stevens Dunn; 29. Nin's Filmmaking Collaborations Alice L. Hutchison; Part VII. Reception and Creative Afterlife: 30. Translation of Nin's Works into Spanish and Catalan Sofía Monzón; 31. Filmic Variations on Nin Sylvie Blum-Reid; 32. Critical Reception: 1990s-Present Wayne E. Arnold; 33. Posthumous Diagnoses of Nin Heidi Toivonen; 34. Nin and Her Graphic Self Amy D. Wells and Léonie Bischoff; Bibliography; Index.