Borrow it
Coverart for item
The Resource Dorothy Parker : what fresh hell is this?, Marion Meade ; [with a new Afterword]

Dorothy Parker : what fresh hell is this?, Marion Meade ; [with a new Afterword]

Creator
Summary
Chronicles the life of author and critic Dorothy Parker, discussing her literary influences, battle with alcohol, divorces, affairs, career highs and lows, suicide attempts, and other related topics
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
20th anniversary edition.
Extent
xix, 460, [16] pages of plates
Note
  • "A biography"--Cover
  • Originally published in the U.S. by Villard Books in 1988
Contents
  • The Algonquin Hotel, summer 1927
  • The events leading up the tragedy, 1893-1903
  • Palimpsest, 1903-1914
  • Vanity Fair, 1915-1919
  • Cub lions, 1919
  • The Algonquin Round Table, 1920-1921
  • Painkillers, 1922-1923
  • Laughter and hope and a sock in the eye, 1923-1924
  • "Yessir, the whaddycall'em blues, " 1925
  • Global disasters, 1926
  • Big Blonde, 1927-1928
  • Sonnets in suicide, or, The life of John Knox, 1929-1932
  • You might as well live, 1933-1935
  • Good fights, 1936-1937
  • Bad fights, 1937-1941
  • The leaking boat, 1942-1947
  • Toad time, 1948-1955
  • High-forceps deliveries, 1955-1960
  • Ham and cheese, hold the mayo, 1961-1964
  • Lady of the corridor, 1964-1967
Isbn
9780140116168
Instance
Label
Dorothy Parker : what fresh hell is this?
Title
Dorothy Parker
Title remainder
what fresh hell is this?
Statement of responsibility
Marion Meade ; [with a new Afterword]
Title variation
What fresh hell is this?
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Chronicles the life of author and critic Dorothy Parker, discussing her literary influences, battle with alcohol, divorces, affairs, career highs and lows, suicide attempts, and other related topics
Biography type
individual biography
Cataloging source
ABG
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1934-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Meade, Marion
Dewey number
  • 818/.5209
  • B
Illustrations
  • portraits
  • plates
Index
index present
LC call number
PS3531.A5855
LC item number
Z77 2006
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Parker, Dorothy
  • Authors, American
  • Women and literature
  • Women authors, American
  • Parker, Dorothy
  • Authors, American
  • Women and literature
  • Women authors, American
  • United States
Label
Dorothy Parker : what fresh hell is this?, Marion Meade ; [with a new Afterword]
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • "A biography"--Cover
  • Originally published in the U.S. by Villard Books in 1988
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-445) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The Algonquin Hotel, summer 1927 -- The events leading up the tragedy, 1893-1903 -- Palimpsest, 1903-1914 -- Vanity Fair, 1915-1919 -- Cub lions, 1919 -- The Algonquin Round Table, 1920-1921 -- Painkillers, 1922-1923 -- Laughter and hope and a sock in the eye, 1923-1924 -- "Yessir, the whaddycall'em blues, " 1925 -- Global disasters, 1926 -- Big Blonde, 1927-1928 -- Sonnets in suicide, or, The life of John Knox, 1929-1932 -- You might as well live, 1933-1935 -- Good fights, 1936-1937 -- Bad fights, 1937-1941 -- The leaking boat, 1942-1947 -- Toad time, 1948-1955 -- High-forceps deliveries, 1955-1960 -- Ham and cheese, hold the mayo, 1961-1964 -- Lady of the corridor, 1964-1967
Control code
ocn191732590
Dimensions
23 cm
Edition
20th anniversary edition.
Extent
xix, 460, [16] pages of plates
Isbn
9780140116168
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
portraits
Label
Dorothy Parker : what fresh hell is this?, Marion Meade ; [with a new Afterword]
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • "A biography"--Cover
  • Originally published in the U.S. by Villard Books in 1988
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-445) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The Algonquin Hotel, summer 1927 -- The events leading up the tragedy, 1893-1903 -- Palimpsest, 1903-1914 -- Vanity Fair, 1915-1919 -- Cub lions, 1919 -- The Algonquin Round Table, 1920-1921 -- Painkillers, 1922-1923 -- Laughter and hope and a sock in the eye, 1923-1924 -- "Yessir, the whaddycall'em blues, " 1925 -- Global disasters, 1926 -- Big Blonde, 1927-1928 -- Sonnets in suicide, or, The life of John Knox, 1929-1932 -- You might as well live, 1933-1935 -- Good fights, 1936-1937 -- Bad fights, 1937-1941 -- The leaking boat, 1942-1947 -- Toad time, 1948-1955 -- High-forceps deliveries, 1955-1960 -- Ham and cheese, hold the mayo, 1961-1964 -- Lady of the corridor, 1964-1967
Control code
ocn191732590
Dimensions
23 cm
Edition
20th anniversary edition.
Extent
xix, 460, [16] pages of plates
Isbn
9780140116168
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
portraits

Subject

Genre

Library Locations

    • Cleveland Park LibraryBorrow it
      3310 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, DC, 20008, US
      38.9338203 -77.05791820000002

Library Links

Structured data from the Bibframe namespace is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License by DC Public Library System. Additional terms may apply to data associated with third party namespaces.