Ladies Almanack / / Djuna Barnes.
"Lesbianism, its flories and sorows, is the subject and quest of this marvelously erverse sentimental journey by Nightwood's author. A striking lesbian mainfesto and a deft parody."-Library JournalBlending fiction, myth, and revisionary parody and accompanied by the author's deli...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2022] ©1992 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Cutting Edge ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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| Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Ladies Almanack |
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| Summary: | "Lesbianism, its flories and sorows, is the subject and quest of this marvelously erverse sentimental journey by Nightwood's author. A striking lesbian mainfesto and a deft parody."-Library JournalBlending fiction, myth, and revisionary parody and accompanied by the author's delightful illustrations, Ladies Almanac is also a brilliant modernist composition and arguably the most audacious lesbian text of its time. While the book pokes fun at the wealthy expatriates who were Barnes' literary contemporaries and remains controversial today, it seems to have delighted its cast of characters, which was also the first audience. Barney herself subsidized its private publication in 1928. Fifty of the 1050 copies of the first edition were hand colored by the author, who was identified only as a lady of Fashion: on the title page. |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 9780814739365 9783110716924 |
| DOI: | 10.18574/nyu/9780814739365.001.0001 |
| Access: | restricted access |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Djuna Barnes. |