Wickes, George. The Amazon of Letters: The Life and Loves of Natalie Barney. G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1976.
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Family and Intimate relationships | Natalie Clifford Barney | In the summer of 1910, NCB
cultivated a friendship with Remy de Gourmont
, an important French writer and intellectual, by then an old man disfigured by lupus. He fell in love with her, despite... |
Literary responses | Natalie Clifford Barney | NCB
sent a copy of Éparpillements to French writer Remy de Gourmont
, who told her that he read it with pleasure: I discovered a noble and delicate spirit (and much else besides) with whom... |
Publishing | Natalie Clifford Barney | |
Reception | Natalie Clifford Barney | In 1912-13, NCB
's fame was bolstered by a series of essays addressed to her by Remy de Gourmont
entitled Lettres à l'Amazone, published in the Paris literary magazine Mercure de France. Rood, Karen Lane, editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 4. Gale Research, 1980. 25 |
Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Natalie Clifford Barney | The first half, devoted to men, describes NCB
's encounters with Oscar Wilde
, Anatole France
, Remy de Gourmont
, Marcel Proust
, Gabriele D'Annunzio
, Max Jacob
, and others. The second part... |
Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Natalie Clifford Barney | In the preface, NCB
comments that she has never written anything that was not inspired by love or intimacy. Barney, Natalie Clifford. Souvenirs indiscrets. Flammarion, 1960. 25 |
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