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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Dean, Michelle, 1979-     Subjects     Parker, Dorothy, 1893-1967.     West, Rebecca, 1892-1983.     Hurston, Zora Neale.     Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975.     McCarthy, Mary, 1912-1989.     Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004.     Kael, Pauline.     Didion, Joan.     Ephron, Nora.     Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984.     Adler, Renata.     Malcolm, Janet.     American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.     Women authors, American -- 20th century -- Political and social views.     American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Dean, Michelle, 1979-       by title:      Sharp : the women wh...       by call number:      810.99287 D282s     Search the Web     Dean, Michelle, 1979-     Parker, Dorothy, 1893-1967.     West, Rebecca, 1892-1983.     Hurston, Zora Neale.     Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975.     McCarthy, Mary, 1912-1989.     Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004.     Kael, Pauline.     Didion, Joan.     Ephron, Nora.     Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984.     Adler, Renata.     Malcolm, Janet.     American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.     Women authors, American -- 20th century -- Political and social views.     American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.       MARC Display

Sharp : the women who made an art of having an opinion / Michelle Dean. by Dean, Michelle, 1979- Grove Press, 2018. Call #: 810.99287 D282s Subjects Parker, Dorothy, 1893-1967.   West, Rebecca, 1892-1983.   Hurston, Zora Neale.   Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975.   McCarthy, Mary, 1912-1989.   Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004.   Kael, Pauline.   Didion, Joan.   Ephron, Nora.   Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984.   Adler, Renata.   Malcolm, Janet.   American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.   Women authors, American -- 20th century -- Political and social views.   American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism. ISBN:  9780802125095 (hc.) Edition:  1st ed. 1st Grove Atlantic hardcover ed. Description:  xiii, 362 p. ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents:  Preface -- Parker -- West -- West & Hurston -- Arendt -- McCarthy -- Parker & Arendt -- Arendt & McCarthy -- Sontag -- Kael -- Didion -- Ephron -- Arendt & McCarthy & Hellman -- Adler -- Malcolm -- Afterword. Summary:  "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." --Dust jacket. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 810.99287 D282s Adult books Adult Display 1 Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 810.99287 D282s Core Collection - Adult Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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