Finally, the writing of one of the century's most notorious lesbians is available in English. Though best known for hosting the avant garde of Paris for thirty years, Colette, Renee Vivien, Marcel Proust and Gertrude Stein, to mention a few, she was also a writer who challenged the male-dominated literary establishment both in the content and the form of her work. Now we can discover her views on the people, places and events of that exciting and stimulating era for ourselves. Here is a spirited translation of Barney's thought-provoking work by one of Britain's most interesting writers.
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At last, the legendary Ms. Barney can speak for herself in this country. We have written about her in all our books about Paris, but few have had access to her writing. A welcome addition to any library for expatriate literary Paris. --Noel Riley Fitch - author of Silvia Beach and The Lost Generation
Natalie Barney has been praised, idealized and damned, but because she lived boldly and outrageously as a lesbian she is impossible to ignore. Anna Livia's excellent translations now make Barney's ideas and observations on the people she knew and loved available to a wider audience. At turns glib or profound, witty or repelling, Barney's words cannot fail to engage us. --Julia Penelope - author of Call Me Lesbian: Lesbian Lives, Lesbian Theory
Natalie Barney has been praised, idealized and damned, but because she lived boldly and outrageously as a lesbian she is impossible to ignore. Anna Livia's excellent translations now make Barney's ideas and observations on the people she knew and loved available to a wider audience. At turns glib or profound, witty or repelling, Barney's words cannot fail to engage us. --Julia Penelope - author of Call Me Lesbian: Lesbian Lives, Lesbian Theory
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If I had one ambition it was to make my life itself into a poem. Natalie Barney
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I have to say it was worth buying for the price but I was disappointed with the book overall. There were no photographs of Natalie Clifford Barney or that life in Paris, France as an expatriate. Miss Barney had a led a more colorful life than the subject of the book itself. There are lots of writing in it but it lacks depth and emotion to me. I have to say I was disappointed because Natalie was such a colorful person who loved life in general. Her writings don't live up to it's expectation but is worth the purchase.
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Renee Vivien played an important role in my life, as, no doubt, did I in hers. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Gertrude Stein, United States, Bar Harbour, Les Ruches, Liane de Pougy, Avenue du Bois, Mercure de France, Miss Stein, New York, Oscar Wilde, Bois de Boulogne, Edith Sitwell, Edouard Champion, Romaine Brooks, Saint Tropez, European American, Eva Palmer, Lucie Delarue-Mardrus, Maurice Goudeket, Miss Sitwell, Rue Chalgrin New!
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Renee Vivien played an important role in my life, as, no doubt, did I in hers. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Gertrude Stein, United States, Bar Harbour, Les Ruches, Liane de Pougy, Avenue du Bois, Mercure de France, Miss Stein, New York, Oscar Wilde, Bois de Boulogne, Edith Sitwell, Edouard Champion, Romaine Brooks, Saint Tropez, European American, Eva Palmer, Lucie Delarue-Mardrus, Maurice Goudeket, Miss Sitwell, Rue Chalgrin New!
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- Queer Fictions of the Past: History, Culture, and Difference (Cambridge Cultural Social Studies) by Scott Bravmann in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Lesbian Studies: Setting an Agenda by Tamsin Wilton in Back Matter
- Lesbian Studies: Setting an Agenda by Tamsin Wilton in Back Matter
- Wild Heart: A Life: Natalie Clifford Barney and the Decadence of Literary Paris by Suzanne Rodriguez in Back Matter
- Wild Heart, a Life: Natalie Clifford Barney's Journey from Victorian America to the Literary Salons of Paris by Suzanne Rodriguez in Back Matter
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