The Cramoisy Queen: A Life of Caresse Crosby

by Linda Hamalian

Book Overview

Caresse Crosby rejected the culturally prescribed roles for women of her era and background in search of an independent, creative, and socially responsible life. Poet, memoirist, advocate of women's rights and the peace movement, Crosby published and promoted modern writers and artists such as Hart Crane, Dorothy Parker, Salvador Dal?, and Romare Bearden. She also earned a place in the world of fashion by patenting one of the earliest versions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809329018
• ISBN13: 9780809329014
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.6"