Nancy Cunard : : Heiress, Muse, Political Idealist / / Lois Gordon.
Lois Gordon's absorbing biography tells the story of a writer, activist, and cultural icon who embodied the dazzling energy and tumultuous spirit of her age, and whom William Carlos Williams once called "one of the major phenomena of history."Nancy Cunard (1896-1965) led a life that s...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2007] ©2007 |
| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (504 p.) :; 70 illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Golden Girl
- 2. Coming of Age During a Revolution in the Arts
- 3. Counterpoint of War in London
- 4. Postwar Breakdown
- 5. Return to the World in Paris
- 6. Reluctant Icon
- 7. Nancy as Publisher
- 8. Prelude to Negro
- 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
- 13. Exile and Resistance in World War II
- 14. Surviving Réanville
- 15. Escaping La Mothe
- 16. The Last Great Glare
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Index