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The Cramoisy Queen: A Life of Caresse Crosby
Linda Hamalian
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Description for The Cramoisy Queen: A Life of Caresse Crosby
Paperback. Caresse Crosby rejected the culturally prescribed roles for women of her era and background in search of an independent, creative, and socially responsible life. This biography details Crosby's professional accomplishments and her personal struggles. Num Pages: 296 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
This book deals with an American debutante turned expatriate writer and literary benefactor. 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 Dali, 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 ... Read more
This book deals with an American debutante turned expatriate writer and literary benefactor. 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 Dali, 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Carbondale, United States
ISBN
9780809329014
SKU
V9780809329014
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About Linda Hamalian
Linda Hamalian is a professor of English at William Paterson University. She is the author of A Life of Kenneth Rexroth and coeditor of Solo: Women on Woman Alone.
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