Women, celebrity, and literary culture between the wars
By: Faye Hammill.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Literary modernism series
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780292716445
Subjects: American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism; English literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism; Women and literature -- History -- 20th century; Women authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography; Women authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography; Fame -- Economic aspects -- History -- 20th century; Authorship -- Economic aspects -- History -- 20th century; Authors and readers -- History -- 20th century; Popular culture -- History -- 20th century
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "How to tell the difference between a Matisse painting and a Spanish omelette" : Dorothy parker, Vogue, and Vanity fair; title: "Brains are really everything" : Anita Loos's Gentlemen prefer blondes; title: "A plumber's idea of Cleopatra" : Mae West as author; title: "Astronomers located her in the latitude of Prince Edward Island" : L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables, and early Hollywood; title: "The best product of this century" : Margaret Kennedy's The constant nymph; title: "Literature or just sheer flapdoodle?": Stella Gibbons's Cold comfort farm; title: "Wildest hopes exceeded" : E. M. Delafield's Diary of a provincial lady.