{"product_id":"9780809386468","title":"The Cramoisy Queen: A Life of Caresse Crosby","description":"Caresse Crosby rejected the culturally prescribed roles for women of her era and background in search of an independent, creative, and socially responsible life. Poet, memoirist, advocate of women’ s rights and the peace movement, Crosby published and promoted modern writers and artists such as Hart Crane, Dorothy Parker, Salvador Dalí , and Romare Bearden. She also earned a place in the world of fashion by patenting one of the earliest versions of the brassiere.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Behind her public success was a chaotic life: three marriages, two divorces, the suicide of her husband Harry Crosby, strained relationships with her children, and legal confrontations over efforts to establish a center for world peace. As the first biographer to consider both the literary and social contexts of Crosby’ s life, Linda Hamalian details Crosby’ s professional accomplishments and her personal struggles. \u003ci\u003eThe Cramoisy Queen: A Life of Caresse Crosby\u003c\/i\u003e also measures the impact of small presses on modernist literature and draws connections between key writers and artists of the era. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In addition to securing a place for Crosby in modern literary and cultural history, \u003ci\u003eThe Cramoisy Queen: A Life of Caresse Crosby\u003c\/i\u003e contributes to the field of textual studies, specifically the complexities of integrating autobiography and correspondence into biography. Enhanced by thirty-two illustrations, the volume appeals to a wide range of readers, including literary critics, cultural historians, biographers, and gender studies specialists.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Southern Illinois University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47129181978864,"sku":"9780809386468","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780809386468_p0.jpg?v=1763739977","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780809386468","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}