Savage Beauty Free Download PDF By Nancy Milford
| Title | : | Savage Beauty |
| Author | : | Nancy Milford |
| Format | : | Hardcover |
| Page | : | 576 pages |
| ISBN | : | 039457589X |
Thirty years after the smashing success of Zelda, Nancy Milford returns with a stunning second act Savage Beauty is the portrait of a passionate, fearless woman who obsessed American ever as she tormented herself.If F Scott Fitzgerald was the hero of the Jazz Age, Edna St Vincent Millay, as flamboyant in her love affairs as she was in her art, was its heroine The first Thirty years after the smashing success of Zelda, Nancy Milford returns with a stunning second act Savage Beauty is the portrait of a passionate, fearless woman who obsessed American ever as she tormented herself.If F Scott Fitzgerald was the hero of the Jazz Age, Edna St Vincent Millay, as flamboyant in her love affairs as she was in her art, was its heroine The first woman ever to win the Pulitzer Prize, Millay was dazzling in the performance of herself Her voice was likened to an instrument of seduction and her impact on crowds, and on men, was legendary Yet beneath her studied act, all was not well Milford calls her book a family romance for the love between the three Millay sisters and their mother was so deep as to be dangerous As a family, they were like real life Little Women, with a touch of Mommie Dearest.Nancy Milford was given exclusive access to Millay s papers, and what she found was an extraordinary treasure Boxes and boxes of letter flew back and forth among the three sisters and their mother and Millay kept the most intimate diary, one whose ruthless honesty brings to mind Sylvia Plath Written with passion and flair, Savage Beauty is an iconic portrait of a woman s life
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Nancy Milford born March 26, 1938, in Dearborn, Michigan is an American biographer.Milford is best known for her book Zelda about F Scott Fitzgerald s wife Zelda Fitzgerald The book started out as her master s thesis and was published to broad acclaim in 1970 It was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, spent 29 weeks on The New York Times best seller list, and has si Nancy Milford born March 26, 1938, in Dearborn, Michigan is an American biographer.Milford is best known for her book Zelda about F Scott Fitzgerald s wife Zelda Fitzgerald The book started out as her master s thesis and was published to broad acclaim in 1970 It was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, spent 29 weeks on The New York Times best seller list, and has since been translated into 17 languages.Her most recent book is Savage Beauty The Life of Edna St Vincent Millay, which was published in 2001 She is currently working on a biography of Rose Kennedy.Milford received her B.A from the University of Michigan, then earned an M.A 1964 and Ph.D 1972 at Columbia University.While considering writing to be her primary career, Milford has also taught at the University of Michigan, Princeton University, Brown University, Vassar College, New York University, Bennington College, Briarcliff College, and Bard College In 2002, she became a visiting professor at Hunter College of the City University of New York, and has since joined the permanent faculty there as a Distinguished Lecturer.In February, 2008, Milford was named the executive director of the Leon Levy Center for Biography at the Graduate Center, CUNY.Milford lives in New York from Wikipedia 
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Thirty years after the smashing success of Zelda, Nancy Milford returns with a stunning second act Savage Beauty is the portrait of a passionate, fear
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