Women, celebrity, and literary culture between the wars
Hammill, Faye.
Women, celebrity, and literary culture between the wars [electronic resource] / Women, celebrity, & literary culture between the wars Faye Hammill. - 1st ed. - Austin : University of Texas Press, 2007. - viii, 261 p. - Literary modernism series . - Literary modernism series. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-249) and index.
"How to tell the difference between a Matisse painting and a Spanish omelette" : Dorothy Parker, Vogue, and Vanity fair -- "Brains are really everything" : Anita Loos's Gentlemen prefer blondes -- "A plumber's idea of Cleopatra" : Mae West as author -- "Astronomers located her in the latitude of Prince Edward Island" : L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables, and early Hollywood -- "The best product of this century" : Margaret Kennedy's The constant nymph -- "Literature or just sheer flapdoodle?": Stella Gibbons's Cold Comfort Farm -- "Wildest hopes exceeded" : E. M. Delafield's Diary of a provincial lady.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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.
Electronic books.
PS152 / .H36 2007eb
820.9/928709042
Women, celebrity, and literary culture between the wars [electronic resource] / Women, celebrity, & literary culture between the wars Faye Hammill. - 1st ed. - Austin : University of Texas Press, 2007. - viii, 261 p. - Literary modernism series . - Literary modernism series. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-249) and index.
"How to tell the difference between a Matisse painting and a Spanish omelette" : Dorothy Parker, Vogue, and Vanity fair -- "Brains are really everything" : Anita Loos's Gentlemen prefer blondes -- "A plumber's idea of Cleopatra" : Mae West as author -- "Astronomers located her in the latitude of Prince Edward Island" : L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables, and early Hollywood -- "The best product of this century" : Margaret Kennedy's The constant nymph -- "Literature or just sheer flapdoodle?": Stella Gibbons's Cold Comfort Farm -- "Wildest hopes exceeded" : E. M. Delafield's Diary of a provincial lady.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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.
Electronic books.
PS152 / .H36 2007eb
820.9/928709042