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Hammill, Faye. "Introduction". Women, Celebrity, and Literary Culture between the Wars, New York, USA: University of Texas Press, 2007, pp. 1-26. https://doi.org/10.7560/716445-002

Hammill, F. (2007). Introduction. In Women, Celebrity, and Literary Culture between the Wars (pp. 1-26). New York, USA: University of Texas Press. https://doi.org/10.7560/716445-002

Hammill, F. 2007. Introduction. Women, Celebrity, and Literary Culture between the Wars. New York, USA: University of Texas Press, pp. 1-26. https://doi.org/10.7560/716445-002

Hammill, Faye. "Introduction" In Women, Celebrity, and Literary Culture between the Wars, 1-26. New York, USA: University of Texas Press, 2007. https://doi.org/10.7560/716445-002

Hammill F. Introduction. In: Women, Celebrity, and Literary Culture between the Wars. New York, USA: University of Texas Press; 2007. p.1-26. https://doi.org/10.7560/716445-002

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Frontmatter i
Contents v
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction 1
1. “How to tell the diff erence between a Matisse painting and a Spanish omelette”: Dorothy Parker, Vogue, and Vanity Fair 27
2. “Brains are really everything”: Anita Loos’s Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 55
3. “A plumber’s idea of Cleopatra”: Mae West as Author 76
4. “Astronomers located her in the latitude of Prince Edward Island”: L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables, and Early Hollywood 100
5. “The best product of this century”: Margaret Kennedy’s The Constant Nymph 124
6. “Literature or just sheer fl apdoodle?”: Stella Gibbons’s Cold Comfort Farm 152
7. “Wildest hopes exceeded”: E. M. Delafi eld’s Diary of a Provincial Lady 179
Conclusion 207
Notes 213
Bibliography 233
Index 251

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents v
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction 1
1. “How to tell the diff erence between a Matisse painting and a Spanish omelette”: Dorothy Parker, Vogue, and Vanity Fair 27
2. “Brains are really everything”: Anita Loos’s Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 55
3. “A plumber’s idea of Cleopatra”: Mae West as Author 76
4. “Astronomers located her in the latitude of Prince Edward Island”: L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables, and Early Hollywood 100
5. “The best product of this century”: Margaret Kennedy’s The Constant Nymph 124
6. “Literature or just sheer fl apdoodle?”: Stella Gibbons’s Cold Comfort Farm 152
7. “Wildest hopes exceeded”: E. M. Delafi eld’s Diary of a Provincial Lady 179
Conclusion 207
Notes 213
Bibliography 233
Index 251

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