Judith Thurman

Cleopatra's Nose (eBook, ePUB)

39 Varieties of Desire

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Cleopatra's Nose is an exuberant gathering of essays and profiles representing twenty years of Judith Thurman's celebrated writing, particularly her fascination with human vanity, femininity, and "women's work"-from haute couture to literature to commanding empires. The subjects are iconic (Jackie, the Brontës, Toni Morrison, Anne Frank) and multifarious (tofu and performance art, pornography and platform shoes, kimonos and bulimia); all inspire dazzling displays of craft, wit, penetration, and intelligence.

Here we find explorations of voracity: hunger for sex, food, experience, and transcendence; see how writers from Flaubert to Nadine Gordimer have engaged with history; meet eminent Victorians and the greats of fashion. Whether reporting on hairstyles, strolling the halls of power, or deftly unpacking novels and their writers, Thurman never fails to provoke, inspire, captivate, and enlighten. Cleopatra's Nose is an embarrassment of riches from one of our great literary journalists.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781429923002
• Artikelnr.: 39945923

Autorenporträt

Judith Thurman

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction I The Wolf at the Door 1. The Wolf at the Door 2. Sentimental Reeducation 3. Siren Songs 4. Doing It in the Road 5. Night Kitchens 6. Exposure Time II Rules of Engagement 1. Choosing a Place 2. Rules of Engagement 3. Not Even a Nice Girl 4. A House Divided 5. An Unsimple Heart III Eminent Victorians 1. "Reader, I Married Him" 2. Angels and Instincts 3. A Reader's Companion 4. This Old House IV Noblesse de Robe 1. Scenes from a Marriage 2. Mother of Invention 3. The Absolutist 4. Hidden Women 5. Man of the Cloth 6. Noblesse de Robe 7. The Misfit 8. The Kimono Painter 9. Penn a la Carte 10. Swann Song V Notes for a Time Capsule 1. Combat Fatigue 2. The White Ball 3. Altered States 4. String Theory 5. De
shabille
Chic 6. Broad Stripes, Bright Stars 7. Roots VI "The Queen, Himself" 1. E
minence Rose 2. The Candidate's Wife 3. Costume of the Country 4. The Divine Marquise 5. The Queen Himself 6. Dressed for Excess VII Envoi Odd Jobs