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092 0  810|bengelska 
100 1  Dean, Michelle 
245 10 Sharp /|cMichelle Dean 
264  1 |bBlack Cat,|c2018 
300    xiii, 362 pages ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0  Preface -- Parker -- West -- West & Hurston -- Arendt -- 
       McCarthy -- Parker & Arendt -- Arendt & McCarthy -- Sontag
       -- Kael -- Didion -- Ephron -- Arendt & McCarthy & Hellman
       -- Adler -- Malcolm -- Afterword 
520    The ten brilliant women who are the focus of Sharp came 
       from different backgrounds and had vastly divergent 
       political and artistic opinions. But they all made a 
       significant contribution to the cultural and intellectual 
       history of America and ultimately changed the course of 
       the twentieth century, in spite of the men who often 
       undervalued or dismissed their work. These ten women--
       Dorothy Parker, Rebecca West, Hannah Arendt, Mary McCarthy,
       Susan Sontag, Pauline Kael, Joan Didion, Nora Ephron, 
       Renata Adler, and Janet Malcolm--are united by what Dean 
       calls "sharpness," the ability to cut to the quick with 
       precision of thought and wit. Sharp is a vibrant depiction
       of the intellectual beau monde of twentieth-century New 
       York, where gossip-filled parties at night gave out to 
       literary slugging-matches in the pages of the Partisan 
       Review or the New York Review of Books. It is also a 
       passionate portrayal of how these women asserted 
       themselves through their writing in a climate where women 
       were treated with extreme condescension by the male-
       dominated cultural establishment. Mixing biography, 
       literary criticism, and cultural history, Sharp is a 
       celebration of this group of extraordinary women, an 
       engaging introduction to their works, and a testament to 
       how anyone who feels powerless can claim the mantle of 
       writer, and, perhaps, change the world. -- Provided by 
       publisher 
600 10 Parker, Dorothy,|d1893-1967 
600 10 West, Rebecca,|d1892-1983 
600 10 Hurston, Zora Neale 
600 10 Arendt, Hannah,|d1906-1975 
600 10 McCarthy, Mary,|d1912-1989 
600 10 Sontag, Susan,|d1933-2004 
600 10 Kael, Pauline 
600 10 Didion, Joan 
600 10 Ephron, Nora 
600 10 Hellman, Lillian,|d1905-1984 
600 10 Adler, Renata 
600 10 Malcolm, Janet 
600 17 Didion, Joan.|2fast 
600 17 Ephron, Nora.|2fast 
648  7 1900-1999|2fast 
648  7 1900-talet|2sao 
650  0 American literature|xWomen authors|xHistory and criticism 
650  0 Women authors, American|y20th century|xPolitical and 
       social views 
650  0 American literature|y20th century|xHistory and criticism 
650  7 American literature.|2fast 
650  7 Amerikanska kvinnliga författare|x politiska aspekter|2sao
650  7 Amerikansk litteratur|xhistoria|2sao 
651  4 Förenta staterna 
653    USA 
655  4 Nonfiction 
655  7 Biographies.|2lcgft 
655  7 Criticism, interpretation, etc.|2fast 
655  7 Biografi|2saogf 
655  7 Analys och tolkning|2saogf 
655  7 Samlingsverk |2saogf 
907 00 180816