Beach, Sylvia. Shakespeare and Company. Harcourt, Brace, 1959.
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Eleanor Orbison Beach
Standard Name: Beach, Eleanor Orbison
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Cultural formation | Sylvia Beach | She was the daughter of a white American Presbyterian
minister who came from nine generations of clergy. From her father's mother she learned piety and prudence. Her own mother
instilled in her a love for... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Sylvia Beach | SB
's mother, Eleanor Orbison Beach
, was born at Rawalpindi in India, to missionary parents. Eleanor spent several childhood years with wealthy relations in Overbrook, Pennsylvania, and there learned to paint and play... |
| Occupation | Sylvia Beach | SB
opened the bookshop Shakespeare and Company
at 8 rue Dupuytren in Paris with money raised by her mother
. Fitch, Noel Riley. Sylvia Beach and the Lost Generation: A History of Literary Paris in the Twenties and Thirties. W. W. Norton, 1983. 38-9 |
| Residence | Sylvia Beach | Eleanor Beach
had returned to Princeton to quell rumours that her husband was having a scandalous affair with a married parishioner. SB
stayed in Paris, eager to study experimental poetry and experience the cultural revolution... |
| Textual Production | Sylvia Beach | SB
sent this essay from Paris to her father to be typed. He
offered to make corrections that her mother described as ministerial. qtd. in Fitch, Noel Riley. Sylvia Beach and the Lost Generation: A History of Literary Paris in the Twenties and Thirties. W. W. Norton, 1983. 31 |
| Wealth and Poverty | Sylvia Beach | Eleanor Beach
fully supported her daughter's dream of owning a bookstore. She worked with her broker to get SB
the necessary $3,000 (24,810 francs) in August 1919 in order to start the business. Fitch, Noel Riley. Sylvia Beach and the Lost Generation: A History of Literary Paris in the Twenties and Thirties. W. W. Norton, 1983. 38 |
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