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The portable Dorothy Parker, with an introduction by Marion Meade

Label
The portable Dorothy Parker
Title
The portable Dorothy Parker
Statement of responsibility
with an introduction by Marion Meade
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
The second revision in sixty years, this sublime collection ranges over the verse, stories, essays, and journalism of one of the twentieth century's most quotable authors. There are some stories new to the Portable, "Such a Pretty Little Picture, " along with a selection of articles written for such disparate publications as Vogue, McCall's, House and Garden, and New Masses. At the heart of her serious work lies her political writings - racial, labor, international and so "Soldiers of the Republic" is joined by reprints of "Not Enough" and "Sophisticated Poetry, And the Hell With It, " both of which first appeared in New Masses. "A Dorothy Parker Sampler" blends the sublime and the silly with the terrifying, a sort of tasting menu of verse, stories, essays, political journalism, a speech on writing, plus a catchy off-the-cuff rhyme she never thought to write down. "Self-Portrait" reprints an interview she did in 1956 with the Paris Review, part of a famed ongoing series of conversations ("Writers at Work") that the literary journal conducted with the best of twentieth-century writers. What makes the interviews so interesting is that they were permitted to edit their transcripts before publication, resulting in miniature autobiographies. "Letters: 1905-1962, " which might be subtitled "Mrs. Parker Completely Uncensored, " presents correspondence written over the period of a half century, beginning in 1905 when twelve-year-old Dottie wrote her father during a summer vacation on Long Island, and concluding with a 1962 missive from Hollywood describing her fondness for Marilyn Monroe
Biography type
contains biographical information
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1893-1967
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Parker, Dorothy
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
mixed forms
Nature of contents
bibliography
Series statement
Penguin classics deluxe edition
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  • Parker, Dorothy
  • Parker, Dorothy
  • Celebrities
  • Short stories, American
Target audience
adult
Label
The portable Dorothy Parker, with an introduction by Marion Meade
Instantiates
Publication
Note
Originally published: 1944. With new introd
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxvii]-xxviii) and index
Control code
000028539238
Dimensions
22 cm.
Edition
2nd rev. ed.
Extent
xxviii, 626 p.
Form of item
regular print reproduction
Isbn
9780143039532
Isbn Type
(pbk.)
Label
The portable Dorothy Parker, with an introduction by Marion Meade
Publication
Note
Originally published: 1944. With new introd
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxvii]-xxviii) and index
Control code
000028539238
Dimensions
22 cm.
Edition
2nd rev. ed.
Extent
xxviii, 626 p.
Form of item
regular print reproduction
Isbn
9780143039532
Isbn Type
(pbk.)

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