Imagining Paris: Exile, Writing, and American Identity

by J. Gerald Kennedy

Book Overview

Between 1900 and 1940, Paris was the capital of high modernism and the center of artistic experimentation--Paris was "where the twentieth century was," claimed Gertrude Stein. In this book, J. Gerald Kennedy explores how living in Paris shaped the careers and literary works of five expatriate Americans: Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, Henry Miller, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Djuna Barnes. Kennedy shows that the writings of these authors reveal their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300061021
• ISBN13: 9780300061024
• Release Date: September 1994
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 9.2"