Women of the Left Bank
by Shari Benstock
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Now available in a durable paperback edition, Shari Benstock's critically acclaimed, best-selling Women of the Left Bank is a fascinating exploration of the lives and works of some two dozen American, English, and French women whose talent shaped the Paris expatriate experience in the century's early years. This ambitious historical, biographical, and critical study has taken its place among the foremost works of literary criticism. Maurice Beebe calls it "a distinguished contribution to show more modern literary history." Jane Marcus hails it as "the first serious literary history of the period and its women writers, making along the way no small contribution to our understanding of the relationships between women artists and their male counterparts, from Henry James to Hemingway, Joyce, Picasso, and Pound." show lessTags
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An important piece of recovery work in feminist scholarship. A bit dated now but still loaded with interesting details about nearly forgotten writers and a fascinating era in English-language literature.
1900 to 1940, literary and revolutionary women in Paris
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17+ Works 810 Members
Shari Benstock is a professor of English & associate dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Miami. She is the author of several books, most recently "No Gifts from Chance: A Biography of Edith Wharton." Along with Suzanne Ferriss, she edits "On Fashion" (Rutgers University Press, 1994). (Bowker Author Biography)
Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 1986
- People/Characters
- Djuna Barnes; Jean Rhys; Sylvia Beach; Janet Flanner; Gertrude Stein; Natalie Barney (show all 11); Adrienne Monnier; H.D.; Bryher; Edith Wharton; Alice B. Toklas
- Important places
- Paris, France
- Blurbers
- Spalding, Frances; Marcus, Jane
Classifications
- Genres
- Literature Studies and Criticism, Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir
- DDC/MDS
- 810.9 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American literature in English History and criticism of American literature
- LCC
- PS151 .B46 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Women authors
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- Members
- 420
- Popularity
- 73,284
- Reviews
- 2
- Rating
- (4.25)
- Languages
- English, French, Spanish
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 8
- ASINs
- 3
