A captivating celebration of the causes and careers of a key set of New York women writers of the 1920s and '30s, including Edna St. Vincent Millay, Dorothy Parker, Anita Loos, Lois Long, Jessie Fauset, Dawn Powell, and Mary McCarthy. It provides a refreshing and informative chronicle, saluting the value of being 'smart' as incisive and innovative humour showed off the wit and talent of women writers and satirized the fantasy world created by magazines.
A captivating celebration of the causes and careers of a key set of New York women writers of the 1920s and '30s, including Edna St. Vincent Millay, Dorothy Parker, Anita Loos, Lois Long, Jessie Fauset, Dawn Powell, and Mary McCarthy. It provides a refreshing and informative chronicle, saluting the value of being 'smart' as incisive and innovative humour showed off the wit and talent of women writers and satirized the fantasy world created by magazines.
Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Thoroughly Modern Millay and Her Middlebrow Masquerades 2. "This Unfortunate Exterior": Dorothy Parker, the Female Body, and Strategic Doubling 3. "First Aid to Laughter": Jessie Fauset and the Racial Politics of Smartness 4. The Indestructible Glamour Girl: Dawn Powell, Celebrity, and Counterpublics 5. "Scratch a Socialist and You Find a Snob": Mary McCarthy, Irony, and Politics Conclusion Notes Selected Bibliography Index
Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Thoroughly Modern Millay and Her Middlebrow Masquerades 2. "This Unfortunate Exterior": Dorothy Parker, the Female Body, and Strategic Doubling 3. "First Aid to Laughter": Jessie Fauset and the Racial Politics of Smartness 4. The Indestructible Glamour Girl: Dawn Powell, Celebrity, and Counterpublics 5. "Scratch a Socialist and You Find a Snob": Mary McCarthy, Irony, and Politics Conclusion Notes Selected Bibliography Index
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