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

• Autore: Hamalian Linda
• Pubblicazione: Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, c2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (294 p.)
• Disciplina: 811/.52; B
• Soggetto topico: Poets, American - 20th century; Publishers and publishing - France; Americans - France - Paris - History - 20th century; Literature publishing - France - Paris - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: Paris (France) Intellectual life 20th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The Cramoisy queen
• ISBN: 1-282-13900-2; 9786613808301; 0-8093-8646-1; 1-4416-2335-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455396103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II