For the magazine s centenary celebration, an anthology of pieces from the early golden age of Vanity Fair
In honor of the 100th anniversary of Vanity Fair magazine, Bohemians, Bootleggers, Flappers, and Swellscelebrates the publication s astonishing early catalogue of writers, with works by Dorothy Parker, Noel Coward, P. G. Wodehouse, Jean Cocteau, Colette, Gertrude Stein, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Sherwood Anderson, Robert Benchley, Langston Hughes and many others. Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter introduces these fabulous pieces written between 1913 and 1936, when the magazine published a murderers row of the world s leading literary lights.
Bohemians, Bootleggers, Flappers, and Swells features great writers on great topics, including F. Scott Fitzgerald on what a magazine should be, Clarence Darrow on equality, D. H. Lawrence on women, e.e. cummings on Calvin Coolidge, John Maynard Keynes on the collapse in money value, Thomas Mann on how films move the human heart, Alexander Woollcott on Harpo Marx, Carl Sandburg on Charlie Chaplin, Djuna Barnes on James Joyce, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., on Joan Crawford, and Dorothy Parker on a host of topics ranging from why she hates actresses to why she hasn t married.
These essays reflect the rich period of their creation while simultaneously addressing topics that would be recognizable in the magazine today, such as how women should navigate work and home life; our destructive fascination with the entertainment industry and with professional sports; the collapse of public faith in the financial industry; and, as Aldous Huxley asks herein, What, Exactly, Is Modern?
Offering readers an inebriating swig from that great cocktail shaker of the Roaring Twenties, the Jazz Age, the age of Gatsby, Bohemians, Bootleggers, Flappers, and Swells showcases unforgettable writers in search of how to live well in a changing era.
For the magazine s centenary celebration, an anthology of pieces from the early golden age of Vanity Fair
In honor of the 100th anniversary of Vanity Fair magazine, Bohemians, Bootleggers, Flappers, and Swellscelebrates the publication s astonishing early catalogue of writers, with works by Dorothy Parker, Noel Coward, P. G. Wodehouse, Jean Cocteau, Colette, Gertrude Stein, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Sherwood Anderson, Robert Benchley, Langston Hughes and many others. Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter introduces these fabulous pieces written between 1913 and 1936, when the magazine published a murderers row of the world s leading literary lights.
Bohemians, Bootleggers, Flappers, and Swells features great writers on great topics, including F. Scott Fitzgerald on what a magazine should be, Clarence Darrow on equality, D. H. Lawrence on women, e.e. cummings on Calvin Coolidge, John Maynard Keynes on the collapse in money value, Thomas Mann on how films move the human heart, Alexander Woollcott on Harpo Marx, Carl Sandburg on Charlie Chaplin, Djuna Barnes on James Joyce, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., on Joan Crawford, and Dorothy Parker on a host of topics ranging from why she hates actresses to why she hasn t married.
These essays reflect the rich period of their creation while simultaneously addressing topics that would be recognizable in the magazine today, such as how women should navigate work and home life; our destructive fascination with the entertainment industry and with professional sports; the collapse of public faith in the financial industry; and, as Aldous Huxley asks herein, What, Exactly, Is Modern?
Offering readers an inebriating swig from that great cocktail shaker of the Roaring Twenties, the Jazz Age, the age of Gatsby, Bohemians, Bootleggers, Flappers, and Swells showcases unforgettable writers in search of how to live well in a changing era.
Graydon Carteris the editor ofVanity Fair. The American edition ofVanity Fairwas launched by publisher Conde Nast in 1913. Under the stewardship of editor Frank Crowninshield, who assigned most of the pieces in this volume, the magazine was a literary and visual treasure of the Jazz Age and featured an incomparable slate of writers through 1936, when it was folded intoVogueas a casualty of the Great Depression.Vanity Fairwas revived in 1983. Carter has been its editor since 1992.
David Friend, a writer, editor, producer, curator, and
formerlyLifemagazine's director of photography, isVanity Fair's
editor of creative development.
Minneapolis Star Tribune
As these few sips of Bohemians, Bootleggers, Flappers and Swells an
inebriating swig from that great cocktail shaker of the Roaring
Twenties, the Jazz Age, and the age of Gatsby suggest, the book
makes for an excellent nightcap."
Buffalo News
You ll find some of the best poetry and prose of Vanity Fair s
first incarnation in this wildly stellar anthology of essays,
interviews, poems, journalism and whatnot (lots of whatnot) from
the Bible of the Smart Set 1913-1926."
Publishers Weekly (starred):
This volume epitomizes the idea of modernity in American cultural
life before the Second World War.
Kirkus Reviews
A remarkable range to the pieces .Whether read from cover to cover
or dipped into occasionally, this collection serves as a fine
primer to one magazine's contribution to a golden age of American
magazine writing.
Library Journal:
"Reading this compilation of writings published in Vanity Fair from
the 1910s, 1920s, and 1930s is like sampling a box of chocolates on
Valentine s Day: a delicious confection of satire, poetry,
biographical sketches, humorous pieces, and thought-provoking
commentary."
Booklist
These delightful period pieces reflecting the social mores of their
time hold up in their innovation, style, and concern about modern
life nearly a century later.
"
"Minneapolis Star Tribune "
As these few sips of Bohemians, Bootleggers, Flappers and Swells an
inebriating swig from that great cocktail shaker of the Roaring
Twenties, the Jazz Age, and the age of Gatsby suggest, the book
makes for an excellent nightcap."
"Buffalo News"
You ll find some of the best poetry and prose of Vanity Fair s
first incarnation in this wildly stellar anthology of essays,
interviews, poems, journalism and whatnot (lots of whatnot) from
the Bible of the Smart Set 1913-1926."
"Publishers Weekly" (starred):
This volume epitomizes the idea of modernity in American cultural
life before the Second World War.
"Kirkus Reviews"
A remarkable range to the pieces .Whether read from cover to cover
or dipped into occasionally, this collection serves as a fine
primer to one magazine's contribution to a golden age of American
magazine writing.
"Library Journal: "
"Reading this compilation of writings published in Vanity Fair from
the 1910s, 1920s, and 1930s is like sampling a box of chocolates on
Valentine s Day: a delicious confection of satire, poetry,
biographical sketches, humorous pieces, and thought-provoking
commentary."
"Booklist"
These delightful period pieces reflecting the social mores of their
time hold up in their innovation, style, and concern about modern
life nearly a century later.
"
"Minneapolis Star Tribune "
"As these few sips of "Bohemians, Bootleggers, Flappers and Swells"
-- an "inebriating swig from that great cocktail shaker of the
Roaring Twenties, the Jazz Age, and the age of Gatsby" -- suggest,
the book makes for an excellent nightcap."
"Buffalo News"
"You'll find some of the best poetry and prose of Vanity Fair's
first incarnation in this wildly stellar anthology of essays,
interviews, poems, journalism and whatnot (lots of whatnot) from
the "Bible of the Smart Set" 1913-1926."
"Publishers Weekly" (starred):
"This volume epitomizes the idea of modernity in American cultural
life before the Second World War."
"Kirkus Reviews"
"A remarkable range to the pieces....Whether read from cover to
cover or dipped into occasionally, this collection serves as a fine
primer to one magazine's contribution to a golden age of American
magazine writing."
"Library Journal: "
"Reading this compilation of writings published in Vanity Fair from
the 1910s, 1920s, and 1930s is like sampling a box of chocolates on
Valentine's Day: a delicious confection of satire, poetry,
biographical sketches, humorous pieces, and thought-provoking
commentary."
"Booklist"
"These delightful period pieces reflecting the social mores of
their time hold up in their innovation, style, and concern about
modern life nearly a century later."
"Minneapolis Star Tribune "
"As these few sips of "Bohemians, Bootleggers, Flappers and Swells"
-- an "inebriating swig from that great cocktail shaker of the
Roaring Twenties, the Jazz Age, and the age of Gatsby" -- suggest,
the book makes for an excellent nightcap."
"Buffalo News"
"You'll find some of the best poetry and prose of Vanity Fair's
first incarnation in this wildly stellar anthology of essays,
interviews, poems, journalism and whatnot (lots of whatnot) from
the "Bible of the Smart Set" 1913-1926."
"Publishers Weekly" (starred):
"This volume epitomizes the idea of modernity in American cultural
life before the Second World War."
"Kirkus Reviews"
"A remarkable range to the pieces....Whether read from cover to
cover or dipped into occasionally, this collection serves as a fine
primer to one magazine's contribution to a golden age of American
magazine writing."
"Library Journal: "
"Reading this compilation of writings published in Vanity Fair from
the 1910s, 1920s, and 1930s is like sampling a box of chocolates on
Valentine's Day: a delicious confection of satire, poetry,
biographical sketches, humorous pieces, and thought-provoking
commentary."
"Booklist"
"These delightful period pieces reflecting the social mores of
their time hold up in their innovation, style, and concern about
modern life nearly a century later."
"Buffalo News"
"You'll find some of the best poetry and prose of Vanity Fair's
first incarnation in this wildly stellar anthology of essays,
interviews, poems, journalism and whatnot (lots of whatnot) from
the "Bible of the Smart Set" 1913-1926."
"Publishers Weekly" (starred):
"This volume epitomizes the idea of modernity in American cultural
life before the Second World War."
"Kirkus Reviews"
"A remarkable range to the pieces....Whether read from cover to
cover or dipped into occasionally, this collection serves as a fine
primer to one magazine's contribution to a golden age of American
magazine writing."
"Library Journal: "
"Reading this compilation of writings published in Vanity Fair from
the 1910s, 1920s, and 1930s is like sampling a box of chocolates on
Valentine's Day: a delicious confection of satire, poetry,
biographical sketches, humorous pieces, and thought-provoking
commentary."
"Booklist"
"These delightful period pieces reflecting the social mores of
their time hold up in their innovation, style, and concern about
modern life nearly a century later."
"Publishers Weekly" (starred):
"This volume epitomizes the idea of modernity in American cultural
life before the Second World War."
"Kirkus Reviews"
"A remarkable range to the pieces....Whether read from cover to
cover or dipped into occasionally, this collection serves as a fine
primer to one magazine's contribution to a golden age of American
magazine writing."
"Library Journal: "
"Reading this compilation of writings published in Vanity Fair from
the 1910s, 1920s, and 1930s is like sampling a box of chocolates on
Valentine's Day: a delicious confection of satire, poetry,
biographical sketches, humorous pieces, and thought-provoking
commentary."
"Booklist"
"These delightful period pieces reflecting the social mores of
their time hold up in their innovation, style, and concern about
modern life nearly a century later."
"Kirkus Reviews"
"A remarkable range to the pieces....Whether read from cover to
cover or dipped into occasionally, this collection serves as a fine
primer to one magazine's contribution to a golden age of American
magazine writing."
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