Nancy Cunard : heiress, muse, political idealist /

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Lois Gordon tells the story of a writer, activist, and cultural icon who embodied the tumultuous spirit of her age. The only child of an English baronet (and heir to the Cunard shipping fortune) and an American beauty, Nancy Cunard (1896-1965) abandoned the world of a celebrated socialite and Jazz A...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Gordon, Lois G.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2007.
Sujets:
Cunard, Nancy, > 1896-1965.
Cunard, Nancy, > 1896-1965
1900-1999
Authors, English > 20th century > Biography.
Women political activists > England > Biography.
Women journalists > England > Biography.
Écrivains anglais > 20e siècle > Biographies.
Femmes activistes > Angleterre > Biographies.
Femmes journalistes > Angleterre > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
POETRY > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Personal Memoirs.
Authors, English
Women journalists
Women political activists
England
Computer network resources.
Biographies
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Golden Girl; 2. Coming of Age During a Revolution in the Arts; 3. Counterpoint of War in London; Chapter 3 Illustrations; 4. Postwar Breakdown; 5. Return to the World in Paris; Chapter 5 Illustrations; 6. Reluctant Icon; 7. Nancy as Publisher; 8. Prelude to Negro; Chapter 8 Illustrations; 9. Negro; 10. Nancy as Journalist: Scottsboro, Ethiopia, Spain; 11. On the Front Lines in the Spanish Civil War; 12. Exposing the Concentration Camps After Franco's Victory; Chapter 12 Illustrations.
  • 13. Exile and Resistance in World War II14. Surviving Réanville; 15. Escaping La Mothe; 16. The Last Great Glare; Epilogue; Notes; Illustration Credits; Index.

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