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A fascinating look at seven American, Canadian, and English women writers—Dorothy Parker, Anita Loos, Mae West, L. M. Montgomery, Margaret Kennedy, Stella Gibbons, and E. M. Delafield—who achieved popular success in the 1920s and 1930s and whose work is s

Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. "How to tell the difference between a Matisse painting and a Spanish omelette": Dorothy Parker, Vogue, and Vanity Fair
  • 2. "Brains are really everything": Anita Loos's Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
  • 3. "A plumber's idea of Cleopatra": Mae West as Author
  • 4. "Astronomers located her in the latitude of Prince Edward Island": L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables, and Early Hollywood
  • 5. "The best product of this century": Margaret Kennedy's The Constant Nymph
  • 6. "Literature or just sheer flapdoodle?": Stella Gibbons's Cold Comfort Farm
  • 7. "Wildest hopes exceeded": E. M. Delafield's Diary of a Provincial Lady
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/11/2007
      ISBN13: 9780292726062, 978-0292726062
      ISBN10: 0292726066
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      Gender studies: women and girls

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A fascinating look at seven American, Canadian, and English women writers—Dorothy Parker, Anita Loos, Mae West, L. M. Montgomery, Margaret Kennedy, Stella Gibbons, and E. M. Delafield—who achieved popular success in the 1920s and 1930s and whose work is s

      Table of Contents
      • Acknowledgments
      • Introduction
      • 1. "How to tell the difference between a Matisse painting and a Spanish omelette": Dorothy Parker, Vogue, and Vanity Fair
      • 2. "Brains are really everything": Anita Loos's Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
      • 3. "A plumber's idea of Cleopatra": Mae West as Author
      • 4. "Astronomers located her in the latitude of Prince Edward Island": L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables, and Early Hollywood
      • 5. "The best product of this century": Margaret Kennedy's The Constant Nymph
      • 6. "Literature or just sheer flapdoodle?": Stella Gibbons's Cold Comfort Farm
      • 7. "Wildest hopes exceeded": E. M. Delafield's Diary of a Provincial Lady
      • Conclusion
      • Notes
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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