Fitch, Noel Riley. Sylvia Beach and the Lost Generation: A History of Literary Paris in the Twenties and Thirties. W. W. Norton, 1983.
358, 361
Les Amis de Shakespeare and Company
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Leisure and Society | Sylvia Beach | At the first literary night of Les Amis de Shakespeare and Company
, supporters of SB
's bookshop, André Gide
and Paul Valéry
both read works by Valéry. |
| Leisure and Society | Sylvia Beach | T. S. Eliot
made a special appearance at SB
's Shakespeare and Company
to read The Waste Land and Burnt Norton to Les Amis de Shakespeare and Company
. Fitch, Noel Riley. Sylvia Beach and the Lost Generation: A History of Literary Paris in the Twenties and Thirties. W. W. Norton, 1983. 364-5 |
| Leisure and Society | Sylvia Beach | Ernest Hemingway
and Stephen Spender
gave the last readings held at SB
's Les Amis de Shakespeare and Company
. Fitch, Noel Riley. Sylvia Beach and the Lost Generation: A History of Literary Paris in the Twenties and Thirties. W. W. Norton, 1983. 370 |
| Wealth and Poverty | Sylvia Beach | SB
struggled for most of her life to be financially independent. At an early date she wrote: I must get at something profitable. My uselessness utterly depresses me. Fitch, Noel Riley. Sylvia Beach and the Lost Generation: A History of Literary Paris in the Twenties and Thirties. W. W. Norton, 1983. 32 |
| Wealth and Poverty | Sylvia Beach | Les Amis de Shakespeare and Company
was dreamed up by Gide
and Valéry
in order to save Shakespeare and Company
from imminent bankruptcy. It was a group of members who would contribute 300 francs (45... |
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