Bobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin

Writers Running Wild in the Twenties

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In her exuberant new work, Marion Meade presents a portrait of four extraordinary writers-Dorothy Parker, Zelda Fitzgerald, Edna St.Vincent Millay, and Edna Ferber- whose loves, lives, and literary endeavors embodied the spirit of the 1920s. These literary heroines did what they wanted and said what they thought, living wholly in the moment. They kicked open the door for twentieth-century women writers and set a new model for every woman trying to juggle the serious issues of economic independence, political power, and sexual freedom. Here are the social and literary triumphs and inevitably the penances paid: crumbled love affairs, abortions, depression, lost beauty, nervous breakdowns, and finally, overdoses and even madness. A vibrant mixture of literary scholarship, social history, and scandal, Bobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin is a rich evocation of a period that will forever intrigue and captivate us.
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Schrijver
Meade, Marion
Titel
Bobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin
Uitgever
Houghton Mifflin
Jaar
2005
Taal
Engels
Pagina's
386
Gewicht
363 gr
EAN
9780156030595
Afmetingen
203 x 133 x 25 mm
Bindwijze
Paperback

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