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Letters from the Lost Generation
Linda Patterson . Ed(S): Miller
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Description for Letters from the Lost Generation
Paperback. Gerald and Sara Murphy were at the centre of a literary group that included Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald and many others. This book shows, through a sequential interweaving of letters, that they were the nucleus without which the group as we know it would not have stayed together Editor(s): Miller, Linda Patterson. Num Pages: 432 pages, 25 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BJ; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 168 x 33. Weight in Grams: 662.
This is the story of one of the most famous literary ""sets"" of the 20th century. Gerald and Sara Murphy were at the centre of a group that included Ernest Hemingway and his wives, F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, John Dos Passos, Archibald MacLeish, Dorothy Parker, Alexander Woollcott, Robert Benchley, Phillip Barry and many others. They personified the jazz age and the lost generation. The Murphys have been viewed primarily as cult-pop figures, particularly as they were depicted in Calvin Tomkin's ""Living Well is the Best Revenge"". In this book, Miller shows, through a sequential interweaving of letters from several ... Read more
This is the story of one of the most famous literary ""sets"" of the 20th century. Gerald and Sara Murphy were at the centre of a group that included Ernest Hemingway and his wives, F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, John Dos Passos, Archibald MacLeish, Dorothy Parker, Alexander Woollcott, Robert Benchley, Phillip Barry and many others. They personified the jazz age and the lost generation. The Murphys have been viewed primarily as cult-pop figures, particularly as they were depicted in Calvin Tomkin's ""Living Well is the Best Revenge"". In this book, Miller shows, through a sequential interweaving of letters from several ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
Florida, United States
ISBN
9780813025360
SKU
V9780813025360
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About Linda Patterson . Ed(S): Miller
Linda Patterson Muler is associate professor of English at Pennsylvania State University at Ogontz. She has published articles on American literature and on the Murphys.
Reviews for Letters from the Lost Generation
Excellent.... This is a fine, and unusual, collection of literary Americana. - Atlantic ""Fine comic moments of truth."" - New York Times Book Review ""An invaluable source of literary history."" - Publishers Weekly