A Splendid Intelligence: The Life of Elizabeth Hardwick - Couverture souple

Curtis, Cathy

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1324052082 ISBN 13 : 9781324052081

Editeur : WW Norton & Co, 2023

Synopsis

The first biography of the extraordinary essayist, critic and short story writer Elizabeth Hardwick, author of the semi-autobiographical novel Sleepless Nights

Born in Kentucky, Elizabeth Hardwick left for New York City on a Greyhound bus in 1939 and quickly made a name for herself as a formidable member of the intellectual elite. Her eventful life included stretches of dire poverty, romantic escapades and dustups with authors she eviscerated in The New York Review of Books, of which she was a co-founder. She formed lasting friendships with literary notables―including Mary McCarthy, Adrienne Rich and Susan Sontag―who appreciated her sharp wit and relish for gossip, progressive politics and great literature.

Hardwick’s life and writing were shaped by a turbulent marriage to the poet Robert Lowell, whom she adored, standing by faithfully through his episodes of bipolar illness. Lowell’s decision to publish excerpts from her private letters in The Dolphin greatly distressed Hardwick and ignited a major literary controversy.

A Splendid Intelligence gives Hardwick her due as one of the great postwar cultural critics. In this lively and illuminating biography, Cathy Curtis offers an intimate portrait of an exceptional woman who vigorously forged her own identity on and off the page.

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À propos de l'auteur

Cathy Curtis is a former Los Angeles Times staff writer and past president of Biographers International Organization. She has written four biographies, including A Generous Vision: The Creative Life of Elaine de Kooning.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: WW Norton & Co
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1324052082
• ISBN 13: 9781324052081
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 400
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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