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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455396103321

Autore

Hamalian Linda

Titolo

The Cramoisy queen [[electronic resource] ] : a life of Caresse Crosby / / Linda Hamalian

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, c2005

ISBN

1-282-13900-2

9786613808301

0-8093-8646-1

1-4416-2335-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (294 p.)

Disciplina

811/.52

B

Soggetti

Poets, American - 20th century

Publishers and publishing - France

Americans - France - Paris - History - 20th century

Literature publishing - France - Paris - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Paris (France) Intellectual life 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-238) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Spunky little rich girl -- Polly meets Harry -- How Polly became Caresse -- A woman of many trades -- Treasures for the Black Sun Press -- The death of Harry Crosby -- Business or pleasure -- Atlantic crossings -- Mind over matter -- Old friends, new friends -- A woman of influence -- Back in the avant-garde -- Mondialization -- Fame -- A thirty-year plan -- How to run a castle -- Keeping the faith.

Sommario/riassunto

Caresse Crosby rejected the culturally prescribed roles for women of her era and background in search of an independent, creative, and socially responsible life. Poet, memoirist, advocate of women's rights and the peace movement, Crosby published and promoted modern writers and artists such as Hart Crane, Dorothy Parker, Salvador Dalí, and Romare Bearden. She also earned a place in the world of fashion by patenting one of the earliest versions of the brassiere. Behind her



public success was a chaotic life: three marriages, two divorces, the suicide of her husband Harry Crosby, s