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Dorothy Parker, more than any of her contemporaries, captured the spirit of her age in her writing. The decadent 1920S and 1930s in New York were a time of great experiment and daring for women. For the rich, life seemed a continual party, but the excesses took their emotional toll. With a biting wit and perceptive insight, Dorothy Parker examines the social mores of her day and exposes the darkness beneath the dazzle. Her own life exemplified this duality, for a while she was one of the most talked-about women of her day, she was also known as a "masochist whose passion for unhappiness knew no bounds". As philosopher Irwin Edman said, she was "a Sappho who could combine a heartbreak with a wisecrack". Her dissection of the jazz age in poetry and prose is collected in this volume along with articles and reviews.


ISBN-13

9780141182582

ISBN-10

014118258X

Weight

0.96 Pounds

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5.08 x 1.06 x 7.80 In

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Edition

1st Edition

Format

Paperback

Pages

640 pages

Publisher

Penguin Books, Limited (UK)

Published On

2001-05-31



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