February house
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Published
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2006.
Status
Central - Adult Nonfiction
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Published
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2006.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xvi, 317 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"A Mariner book."
General Note
Originally published in hardback, 2005.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-297) and index.
Description
This volume presents the story of an extraordinary experiment in communal living, one involving young but already iconic writers--and the country's best-known burlesque performer--in a house in Brooklyn during 1940 and 1941. It was a fevered yearlong party fueled by the appetites of youth and by the shared sense of urgency to take action as artists in the months before America entered the war. In spite of the sheer intensity, the house was for its residents a creative crucible. Carson McCullers's two masterpieces, The Member of the Wedding and The Ballad of the Sad Cafe, were born here. Gypsy Rose Lee, workmanlike by day, party girl by night, wrote her book The G-String Murders in her bedroom. W.H. Auden, who along with Benjamin Britten was being excoriated at home in England for absenting himself from the war, presided over the house like a peevish auntie, collecting rent money and dispensing romantic advice. And yet all the while he was composing some of the most important work of his career.
Subjects
LC Subjects
American literature -- New York (State) -- New York -- History and criticism.
Auden, W. H. -- (Wystan Hugh), -- 1907-1973 -- Homes and haunts -- New York (State) -- New York.
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Authors, American -- Homes and haunts -- New York (State) -- New York.
Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography.
Authors, English -- Homes and haunts -- New York (State) -- New York.
Bowles, Jane, -- 1917-1973 -- Homes and haunts -- New York (State) -- New York.
Bowles, Paul, -- 1910-1999 -- Homes and haunts -- New York (State) -- New York.
Britten, Benjamin, -- 1913-1976 -- Homes and haunts -- New York (State) -- New York.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Biography.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Intellectual life.
Communal living -- New York (State) -- New York.
English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Lee, Gypsy Rose, -- 1914-1970 -- Homes and haunts -- New York (State) -- New York.
Literary landmarks -- New York (State) -- New York.
McCullers, Carson, -- 1917-1967 -- Homes and haunts -- New York (State) -- New York.
Auden, W. H. -- (Wystan Hugh), -- 1907-1973 -- Homes and haunts -- New York (State) -- New York.
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Authors, American -- Homes and haunts -- New York (State) -- New York.
Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography.
Authors, English -- Homes and haunts -- New York (State) -- New York.
Bowles, Jane, -- 1917-1973 -- Homes and haunts -- New York (State) -- New York.
Bowles, Paul, -- 1910-1999 -- Homes and haunts -- New York (State) -- New York.
Britten, Benjamin, -- 1913-1976 -- Homes and haunts -- New York (State) -- New York.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Biography.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Intellectual life.
Communal living -- New York (State) -- New York.
English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Lee, Gypsy Rose, -- 1914-1970 -- Homes and haunts -- New York (State) -- New York.
Literary landmarks -- New York (State) -- New York.
McCullers, Carson, -- 1917-1967 -- Homes and haunts -- New York (State) -- New York.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Tippins, S. (2006). February house (First Mariner books edition.). Houghton Mifflin.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Tippins, Sherill. 2006. February House. Houghton Mifflin.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Tippins, Sherill. February House Houghton Mifflin, 2006.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Tippins, Sherill. February House First Mariner books edition., Houghton Mifflin, 2006.
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