The Cramoisy Queen : a Life of Caresse Crosby.

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Southern Illinois University Press 2009.
Temas:
Crosby, Caresse, > 1892-1970.
Crosby, Caresse, > 1892-1970
1900-1999
Poets, American > 20th century > Biography.
Publishers and publishing > France > Biography.
Americans > France > Paris > History > 20th century.
Literature publishing > France > Paris > History > 20th century.
Poètes américains > 20e siècle > Biographies.
Littérature > Édition > France > Paris > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Americans
Intellectual life
Literature publishing
Poets, American
Publishers and publishing
Paris (France) > Intellectual life > 20th century.
Paris (France) > Vie intellectuelle > 20e siècle.
France
France > Paris
Biographies
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (294 pages)
ISBN:1282139002
9781282139008

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