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Thick octavo. Black cloth, gilt stamped spine. xi,[7],3-517 pp. Two page "Expatriate Paris" map listing the locations of homes and businesses of the "Women of the Left Bank." Numerous black & white plates. Notes, bibliography, and index. Neat Yale Co-Op Bookstore price tag on front free endsheet, else fine, in a near fine pictorial and printed dust jacket with some small rubs at spine edges and extremities. First edition. Benstock, using published and unpublished writings, presents a comprehensive exploration of the lives and works of some two dozen American, English, and French women who significantly shaped the Paris expatriate scene in the early 20th century. She weaves together literary criticism and social history, highlighting how these particular women in this particular place navigated and shaped the literary and artistic movements of their time, including Modernism, Dadaism, and Imagism. The book also examines the relationships between these women and their male counterparts, offering insights into the gender dynamics of the period. The book delves into the contributions of notable figures such as Anais Nin, Alice B. Toklas, Sylvia Beach, Gertrude Stein, Caresse Crosby, Djuna Barnes, Nancy Cunard, Edith Wharton, and others. It s a valuable resource for understanding the cultural and intellectual landscape of Paris between 1900 and 1940, and the pivotal, and symbiotic, role women writers, publishers, booksellers, small presses, little magazines, and artists played in it. . Seller Inventory # 661
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Bibliographic Details
Title: WOMEN OF THE LEFT BANK: PARIS, 1900 - 1940
Publisher: University of Texas Press, Austin
Publication Date: 1986
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine / Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Edition: First edition.
