Writing an Icon: Celebrity Culture and the Invention of Anaïs Nin

by Anita Jarczok

Book Overview

Ana s Nin, the diarist, novelist, and provocateur, occupied a singular space in twentieth-century culture, not only as a literary figure and voice of female sexual liberation but as a celebrity and symbol of shifting social mores in postwar America. Before Madonna and her many imitators, there was Nin; yet, until now, there has been no major study of Nin as a celebrity figure.

In Writing an Icon, Anita Jarczok reveals how Nin carefully...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804011761
• ISBN13: 9780804011761
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"