15. Image Control: 1981–1996

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
4. NOTE ON THE TEXT xiii
5. ABBREVIATIONS xvii
6. Prologue 1
7. 1. Escapes: 1880s–1916 6
8. 2. Reality Raised: 1917–1924 21
9. 3. Magnetic Personality: 1925–1929 34
10. 4. Revolutionary and Mother: 1930–1933 55
11. 5. Early Genius: 1934 78
12. 6. Great Feminine Hope: 1935–1936 100
13. 7. Dead and Resuscitated Ego: 1937–1939 122
14. 8. War-Relief Heroine: 1940–1945 142
15. 9. Ex-GI’s Ideal Wife: 1946–1950 168
16. 10. Victim and Remaker: 1951–1955 184
17. 11. Great Value as a Writer: 1956–1961 204
18. 12. Ego Strength: 1962–1969 224
19. 13. Tillie Appleseed: 1970–1974 248
20. 14. Queen Bee: 1975–1980 268
21. 15. Image Control: 1981–1996 290
22. 16. Enter Biographer: 1997–2007 314
23. Epilogue 337