Literary Sisters

Literary Sisters

AngličtinaPevná vazba
Mitchell Verner D.
Rutgers University Press
EAN: 9780813551456
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Harlem Renaissance writer Dorothy West led a charmed life in many respects. Born into a distinguished Boston family, she appeared in Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, then lived in the Soviet Union with a group that included Langston Hughes, to whom she proposed marriage. She later became friends with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, who encouraged her to finish her second novel, The Wedding, which became the octogenarian author’s first bestseller.

Literary Sisters reveals a different side of West’s personal and professional lives—her struggles for recognition outside of the traditional literary establishment, and her collaborations with talented African American women writers, artists, and performers who faced these same problems. West and her “literary sisters”—women like Zora Neale Hurston and West’s cousin, poet Helene Johnson—created an emotional support network that also aided in promoting, publishing, and performing their respective works. Integrating rare photos, letters, and archival materials from West’s life, Literary Sisters is not only a groundbreaking biography of an increasingly important author but also a vivid portrait of a pivotal moment for African American women in the arts.

EAN 9780813551456
ISBN 0813551455
Typ produktu Pevná vazba
Vydavatel Rutgers University Press
Datum vydání 12. října 2011
Stránky 216
Jazyk English
Rozměry 229 x 152 x 18
Země United States
Sekce Professional & Scholarly
Autoři Davis Cynthia; Mitchell Verner D.
Ilustrace 23 photographs