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The Collected Dorothy Parker
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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The Collected Dorothy Parker
With a biting wit and perceptive insight, Dorothy Parker examines the social mores of her day and exposes the darkness beneath the dazzle.
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Dorothy Parker, more than any of her contemporaries, captured the spirit of her age in her writing. The decadent 1920s and 1930s in New York were a time of great experiment and daring for women. For the rich, life seemed a continual party, but the excesses took their emotional toll.
With a biting wit and perceptive insight, Dorothy Parker examines the social mores of her day and exposes the darkness beneath the dazzle. Her own life exemplified this duality; while she was one of the most talked-about women of her day, she was also known as a "masochist whose passion for unhappiness knew no bounds". As philosopher Irwin Edman said, she was "a Sappho who could combine a heartbreak with a wisecrack".
Her dissection of the jazz age in poetry and prose is collected in this volume along with articles and reviews.
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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ISBN: 9780141182582
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 31 May 2001
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Contributors:
- Introduction by Brendan Gill
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 28.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 440g
Pages: 640
About the Author
Dorothy Parker (1893-1967) was a celebrated poet, short story writer, critic, and an Oscar-nominated screenwriter. Much of her work was published in magazines including Vanity Fair and The New Yorker.
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