Nancy Cunard : heiress, muse, political idealist / Lois Gordon.

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Gordon, Lois G

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text

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computer

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online resource

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023151137X
9780231511377

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Nancy Cunard.DDC classification:

821/.912 B 22

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PR6005.U6 Z65 2007eb

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Contents:

Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Golden Girl; 2. Coming of Age During a Revolution in the Arts; 3. Counterpoint of War in London; Chapter 3 Illustrations; 4. Postwar Breakdown; 5. Return to the World in Paris; Chapter 5 Illustrations; 6. Reluctant Icon; 7. Nancy as Publisher; 8. Prelude to Negro; Chapter 8 Illustrations; 9. Negro; 10. Nancy as Journalist: Scottsboro, Ethiopia, Spain; 11. On the Front Lines in the Spanish Civil War; 12. Exposing the Concentration Camps After Franco's Victory; Chapter 12 Illustrations.

13. Exile and Resistance in World War II14. Surviving Réanville; 15. Escaping La Mothe; 16. The Last Great Glare; Epilogue; Notes; Illustration Credits; Index.

Summary: Lois Gordon tells the story of a writer, activist, and cultural icon who embodied the tumultuous spirit of her age. The only child of an English baronet (and heir to the Cunard shipping fortune) and an American beauty, Nancy Cunard (1896-1965) abandoned the world of a celebrated socialite and Jazz Age icon to pursue a lifelong battle against social injustice as a wartime journalist, humanitarian aid worker, and civil rights champion. Cunard fought fascism on the battlefields of Spain and reported firsthand on the atrocities of the French concentration camps. Intelligent and beautiful, she romanced the great writers of her era. She was also a prolific poet, publisher, and translator and, after falling in love with a black American jazz pianist, became deeply committed to the civil rights movement.--From publisher description.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-426) and index.

Lois Gordon tells the story of a writer, activist, and cultural icon who embodied the tumultuous spirit of her age. The only child of an English baronet (and heir to the Cunard shipping fortune) and an American beauty, Nancy Cunard (1896-1965) abandoned the world of a celebrated socialite and Jazz Age icon to pursue a lifelong battle against social injustice as a wartime journalist, humanitarian aid worker, and civil rights champion. Cunard fought fascism on the battlefields of Spain and reported firsthand on the atrocities of the French concentration camps. Intelligent and beautiful, she romanced the great writers of her era. She was also a prolific poet, publisher, and translator and, after falling in love with a black American jazz pianist, became deeply committed to the civil rights movement.--From publisher description.

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13. Exile and Resistance in World War II14. Surviving Réanville; 15. Escaping La Mothe; 16. The Last Great Glare; Epilogue; Notes; Illustration Credits; Index.

In English.

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