Benstock, Shari. Women of the Left Bank: Paris, 1900-1940. University of Texas Press, 1986.
Shari Benstock
Standard Name: Benstock, Shari
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | Natalie Clifford Barney | On one of her many visits to Paris,NCB
(then in her early twenties) sought out Liane de Pougy
, a courtesan from the Parisian demi-monde. Shari Benstock
suggests that NCB
was attracted to this... |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Natalie Clifford Barney | NCB
's treatment of Sappho
was influenced by Les chansons de Bilitis by French writer Pierre Louÿs
(1894), a fictional work which purported to be a translation (along with biography, bibliography, and scholarly notes) of... |
| Occupation | Sylvia Beach | Joyce
was having trouble getting his latest work, Ulysses, published because of the public outcry against it and the obscenity laws that penalized both the printer and the publisher of material deemed obscene. Harriet Weaver |
| Occupation | Sylvia Beach | Joyce
was launching a lawsuit against Samuel Roth
at this time for illegally pirating Ulysses in the United States. He stated in a deposition against Roth that the book was not his property but... |
| Residence | Bryher | Shari Benstock
explains that the very wealthy Bryher had been advised to move to Switzerland for tax purposes. But Benstock also suggests that Bryher's Swiss home became a creative refuge for her and H. D... |
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