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Sharp : the women who made an art of having an opinion, Michelle Dean
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The item Sharp : the women who made an art of having an opinion, Michelle Dean represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
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- Summary
- The ten brilliant women who are the focus of Sharp came from different backgrounds and had vastly divergent political and artistic opinions. But they all made a significant contribution to the cultural and intellectual history of America and ultimately changed the course of the twentieth century, in spite of the men who often undervalued or dismissed their work. These ten women--Dorothy Parker, Rebecca West, Hannah Arendt, Mary McCarthy, Susan Sontag, Pauline Kael, Joan Didion, Nora Ephron, Renata Adler, and Janet Malcolm--are united by what Dean calls "sharpness," the ability to cut to the quick with precision of thought and wit. Sharp is a vibrant depiction of the intellectual beau monde of twentieth-century New York, where gossip-filled parties at night gave out to literary slugging-matches in the pages of the Partisan Review or the New York Review of Books. It is also a passionate portrayal of how these women asserted themselves through their writing in a climate where women were treated with extreme condescension by the male-dominated cultural establishment. Mixing biography, literary criticism, and cultural history, Sharp is a celebration of this group of extraordinary women, an engaging introduction to their works, and a testament to how anyone who feels powerless can claim the mantle of writer, and, perhaps, change the world. -- Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Edition
-
- First edition.
- First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xiii, 362 pages
- Contents
-
- Preface
- Parker
- West
- West & Hurston
- Arendt
- McCarthy
- Parker & Arendt
- Arendt & McCarthy
- Sontag
- Kael
- Didion
- Ephron
- Arendt & McCarthy & Hellman
- Adler
- Malcolm
- Afterword
- Isbn
- 9780802125095
- Label
- Sharp : the women who made an art of having an opinion
- Title
- Sharp
- Title remainder
- the women who made an art of having an opinion
- Statement of responsibility
- Michelle Dean
- Subject
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- American literature
- trueAmerican literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- American literature -- Women authors
- American literature -- Women authors | History and criticism
- Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975
- Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary Figures
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Didion, Joan
- Didion, Joan
- Ephron, Nora
- Ephron, Nora
- Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984
- Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984
- Hurston, Zora Neale
- Hurston, Zora Neale
- trueIntellectual life -- 20th century
- Kael, Pauline
- Kael, Pauline
- LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- Women Authors
- trueLiterature -- History and criticism
- Malcolm, Janet
- Malcolm, Janet
- McCarthy, Mary, 1912-1989
- McCarthy, Mary, 1912-1989
- Parker, Dorothy, 1893-1967
- Parker, Dorothy, 1893-1967
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies
- Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004
- Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004
- West, Rebecca, 1892-1983
- West, Rebecca, 1892-1983
- trueWomen and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Women authors, American -- 20th century -- Political and social views
- trueWomen authors
- 1900-1999
- Adler, Renata
- Adler, Renata
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The ten brilliant women who are the focus of Sharp came from different backgrounds and had vastly divergent political and artistic opinions. But they all made a significant contribution to the cultural and intellectual history of America and ultimately changed the course of the twentieth century, in spite of the men who often undervalued or dismissed their work. These ten women--Dorothy Parker, Rebecca West, Hannah Arendt, Mary McCarthy, Susan Sontag, Pauline Kael, Joan Didion, Nora Ephron, Renata Adler, and Janet Malcolm--are united by what Dean calls "sharpness," the ability to cut to the quick with precision of thought and wit. Sharp is a vibrant depiction of the intellectual beau monde of twentieth-century New York, where gossip-filled parties at night gave out to literary slugging-matches in the pages of the Partisan Review or the New York Review of Books. It is also a passionate portrayal of how these women asserted themselves through their writing in a climate where women were treated with extreme condescension by the male-dominated cultural establishment. Mixing biography, literary criticism, and cultural history, Sharp is a celebration of this group of extraordinary women, an engaging introduction to their works, and a testament to how anyone who feels powerless can claim the mantle of writer, and, perhaps, change the world. -- Provided by publisher
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- 10639529
- Cataloging source
- DLC
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- 1979-
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- Dean, Michelle
- Dewey number
- 810.9/9287
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Parker, Dorothy
- West, Rebecca
- Hurston, Zora Neale
- Arendt, Hannah
- McCarthy, Mary
- Sontag, Susan
- Kael, Pauline
- Didion, Joan
- Ephron, Nora
- Hellman, Lillian
- Adler, Renata
- Malcolm, Janet
- Adler, Renata
- Arendt, Hannah
- Didion, Joan
- Ephron, Nora
- Hellman, Lillian
- Hurston, Zora Neale
- Kael, Pauline
- Malcolm, Janet
- McCarthy, Mary
- Parker, Dorothy
- Sontag, Susan
- West, Rebecca
- American literature
- Women authors, American
- American literature
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- LITERARY COLLECTIONS
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- American literature
- American literature
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- Control code
- on1019834624
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
-
- First edition.
- First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xiii, 362 pages
- Isbn
- 9780802125095
- Lccn
- 2017051038
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- Label
- Sharp : the women who made an art of having an opinion, Michelle Dean
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
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- text
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- Contents
- Preface -- Parker -- West -- West & Hurston -- Arendt -- McCarthy -- Parker & Arendt -- Arendt & McCarthy -- Sontag -- Kael -- Didion -- Ephron -- Arendt & McCarthy & Hellman -- Adler -- Malcolm -- Afterword
- Control code
- on1019834624
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
-
- First edition.
- First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xiii, 362 pages
- Isbn
- 9780802125095
- Lccn
- 2017051038
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
- 40028105878
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1019834624
Subject
- American literature
- trueAmerican literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- American literature -- Women authors
- American literature -- Women authors | History and criticism
- Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975
- Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary Figures
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Didion, Joan
- Didion, Joan
- Ephron, Nora
- Ephron, Nora
- Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984
- Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984
- Hurston, Zora Neale
- Hurston, Zora Neale
- trueIntellectual life -- 20th century
- Kael, Pauline
- Kael, Pauline
- LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- Women Authors
- trueLiterature -- History and criticism
- Malcolm, Janet
- Malcolm, Janet
- McCarthy, Mary, 1912-1989
- McCarthy, Mary, 1912-1989
- Parker, Dorothy, 1893-1967
- Parker, Dorothy, 1893-1967
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies
- Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004
- Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004
- West, Rebecca, 1892-1983
- West, Rebecca, 1892-1983
- trueWomen and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Women authors, American -- 20th century -- Political and social views
- trueWomen authors
- 1900-1999
- Adler, Renata
- Adler, Renata
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