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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Carbondale :
Southern Illinois University Press,
©2005.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 247 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-238) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781441623355 1441623353 9780809386468 0809386461 1282139002 9781282139008 9786613808301 661380830X |