The Cramoisy queen [electronic resource] : a life of Caresse Crosby / Linda Hamalian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hamalian, Linda.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poets, American--20th century--Biography.

Poets, American.

Publishers and publishing--France--Biography.

Publishers and publishing.

Americans--France--Paris--History--20th century.

Americans.

Literature publishing--France--Paris--History--20th century.

Literature publishing.

Paris (France)--Intellectual life--20th century.

Paris (France).

Crosby, Caresse, 1892-1970.

Crosby, Caresse.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 p.)

Place of Publication:

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 Dalí, 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 of her husband Harry Crosby, s

Contents:

Spunky little rich girl

Polly meets Harry

How Polly became Caresse

A woman of many trades

Treasures for the Black Sun Press

The death of Harry Crosby

Business or pleasure

Atlantic crossings

Mind over matter

Old friends, new friends

A woman of influence

Back in the avant-garde

Mondialization

Fame

A thirty-year plan

How to run a castle

Keeping the faith.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-238) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-13900-2

9786613808301

0-8093-8646-1

1-4416-2335-3

OCLC:

817796599