ISBN: 9781440151521

The Legendary Writers of the Vicious Circle Collected Together For the First Time The Algonquin was a refuge for the brightest authors, editors, critics, columnists, artists, financiers, … Plus…

The Legendary Writers of the Vicious Circle Collected Together For the First Time The Algonquin was a refuge for the brightest authors, editors, critics, columnists, artists, financiers, composers, directors, producers and actors of the times. The dining-room corner was a hot bed of raconteurs and conversationalists. -Harpo Marx In Jazz Age New York City, no literary lights burned more brightly than those of the legendary Algonquin Round Table. Now between covers for the first time is a collection of writing by 16 members of the group, an all-star gathering that took 90 years to come together. Many of these pieces have never been published before; plucked from private family collections and lost pieces from obscure periodicals. ● Humor pieces by Robert Benchley, Franklin P. Adams, Heywood Broun, Frank Sullivan and Donald Ogden Stewart. ● Criticism from Dorothy Parker, George S. Kaufman and Robert E. Sherwood. ● Short fiction by Laurence Stallings and Pulitzer Prize-winners Edna Ferber and Margaret Leech. ● Journalism from Alexander Woollcott, Ruth Hale and Deems Taylor. ● Poetry by Adams, Marc Connelly, Dorothy Parker and John V. A. Weaver. With a foreword by Nat Benchley. Trade Books>Hardcover>Classics>Coll Classics>Coll Classics, iUniverse, Incorporated Core >2<

2009, ISBN: 1440151520

[EAN: 9781440151521], Neubuch, [PU: Iuniverse], nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The Legendary Writers of the 'Vicious Circle' Collected Together For the Fi… Plus…

[EAN: 9781440151521], Neubuch, [PU: Iuniverse], nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The Legendary Writers of the 'Vicious Circle' Collected Together For the First Time 'The Algonquin was a refuge for the brightest authors, editors, critics, columnists, artists, financiers, composers, directors, producers and actors of the times. The dining-room corner was a hot bed of raconteurs and conversationalists.' -Harpo Marx In Jazz Age New York City, no literary lights burned more brightly than those of the legendary Algonquin Round Table. Now between covers for the first time is a collection of writing by 16 members of the group, an all-star gathering that took 90 years to come together. Many of these pieces have never been published before; plucked from private family collections and 'lost' pieces from obscure periodicals. ? Humor pieces by Robert Benchley, Franklin P. Adams, Heywood Broun, Frank Sullivan and Donald Ogden Stewart. ? Criticism from Dorothy Parker, George S. Kaufman and Robert E. Sherwood. ? Short fiction by Laurence Stallings and Pulitzer Prize-winners Edna Ferber and Margaret Leech. ? Journalism from Alexander Woollcott, Ruth Hale and Deems Taylor. ? Poetry by Adams, Marc Connelly, Dorothy Parker and John V. A. Weaver. With a foreword by Nat Benchley. 300 pp. Englisch, Books<

2009, ISBN: 9781440151521

Editor: Benchley, Nat, Editor: Fitzpatrick, Kevin C. iUniverse, Hardcover, 300 Seiten, Publiziert: 2009-07-03T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, 0.52 kg, Verkaufsrang: 5039741, Special Featu… Plus…

Editor: Benchley, Nat, Editor: Fitzpatrick, Kevin C. iUniverse, Hardcover, 300 Seiten, Publiziert: 2009-07-03T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, 0.52 kg, Verkaufsrang: 5039741, Special Features, Books, Books Global Store, Anthologies, Literature & Fiction, Subjects, Politics, Philosophy & Social Sciences, iUniverse, 2009<

2009, ISBN: 1440151520

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