A splendid intelligence : the life of Elizabeth Hardwick / Cathy Curtis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Curtis, Cathy (Writer on art), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hardwick, Elizabeth.

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

Authors, American.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

388 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2022]

Summary:

"The first biography of the extraordinary essayist and short story writer Elizabeth Hardwick, author of the semiautobiographical novel Sleepless Nights. Born in Kentucky, Elizabeth Hardwick boarded a Greyhound bus for New York City in 1939 and quickly made a name for herself as a formidable member of the intellectual elite. Her eventful life included stretches of dire poverty; lasting friendships with literary luminaries (among them, Mary McCarthy); dustups with authors she eviscerated in the New York Review of Books (of which she was a cofounder); and marriage to the poet Robert Lowell-whom she adored, standing by faithfully through his episodes of bipolar illness. Lowell's decision to publish excerpts from her private letters in The Dolphin greatly distressed Hardwick and ignited a major literary controversy. Hardwick imbued her essays with a novelistic flair and a wholly original outlook. In A Splendid Intelligence, biographer Cathy Curtis offers an intimate portrait of an exceptional woman who emerged from a long, turbulent marriage with the clarity and wisdom that illuminate her brilliant work"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Lexington (1916

1939)

ch. 2 Discovering New York (1939

1947)

ch. 3 Love and Torment (1948

1950)

ch. 4 European Immersion (1950

1952)

ch. 5 Boston (1953

1958)

ch. 6 Upheaval (1958

1960)

ch. 7 New York (1961

1970)

ch. 8 The Rift (1970

1973)

ch. 9 Literary Splash (1974

1979)

ch. 10 Literary Lion (1980

2007).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781324005520

1324005521

OCLC:

1263251651