The Collected Dorothy Parker
by Dorothy Parker, Brendan Gill (Introduction by)
ISBN-10
014118258X
ISBN-13
9780141182582
Publisher
Penguin Books, Limited (UK)Published on
May 31, 2001Edition
1st Edition
Binding
Trade PaperDimensions
5.08 x 1.06 x 7.80 In
Weight
0.96 Pounds
List Price
$16.17
About the Book
Dorothy Parker, more than any of her contemporaries, captured the spirit of her age in her writing. The decadent 1920S and 1930s in New York were a time of great experiment and daring for women. For the rich, life seemed a continual party, but the excesses took their emotional toll. With a biting wit and perceptive insight, Dorothy Parker examines the social mores of her day and exposes the darkness beneath the dazzle. Her own life exemplified this duality, for a while she was one of the most talked-about women of her day, she was also known as a "masochist whose passion for unhappiness knew no bounds". As philosopher Irwin Edman said, she was "a Sappho who could combine a heartbreak with a wisecrack". Her dissection of the jazz age in poetry and prose is collected in this volume along with articles and reviews.