Format:
Online-Ressource (xvi, 447 p., [32] p. of plates)
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ill
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25 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
023151137X
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9780231139380
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0231139381
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9780231511377
Content:
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 surpasses Hollywood fantasy. The only child of an English baronet (and heir to the Cunard shipping fortune) and an American beauty, Cunard abandoned the world of a celebrated socialite and Jazz Age icon to pursue a lifelong battle against social injustice as a wartime journalist, humanitarian aid worker, and civil
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [377]-426) and index
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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; Illustration Credits
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Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780231139380
Additional Edition:
Print version Nancy Cunard : Heiress, Muse, Political Idealist
Language:
English
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