Juna Barnes
Djuna barnes was born june 12 1892 in cornwall on hudson new york on her family s farm.
Juna barnes. In 1913 barnes began her career as a freelance journalist and illustrator for the brooklyn daily eagle. Barnes wrote nightwood in part as an exploration of the breakdown of her relationship. Djuna barnes ˈ dʒ uː n ɑː june 12 1892 june 18 1982 was an american artist illustrator journalist and writer who is perhaps best known for her novel nightwood 1936 a cult classic of lesbian fiction and an important work of modernist literature.
In his introduction t s eliot remarked that the prose was akin to poetry. Unlike earlier lesbian and gay movements whose politics depended on visible identities queer theory grew out of a critique of this and perhaps that s where djuna barnes sits. Elle a parfois utilisé les pseudonymes de lydia steptoe et lady of fashion.
Barnes has been cited as an influence by writers as diverse as truman capote william goyen isak dinesen john hawkes bertha harris and anaïs nin. In 1936 barnes published her ground breaking novel nightwood to widespread acclaim. Weblinks literatur von und über djuna.
It s true to say this dense intensely visual sensual and image laden novel is often so poetic it s almost dizzying. Through her father and grandmother barnes gained a great appreciation of and dedication to the arts the barnes home was often frequented by such artistic greats as jack london and franz liszt. Djuna barnes janet flanner gertrude stein co.
Djuna barnes avant garde american writer who was a well known figure in the parisian literary scene of the 1920s and 30s. Leben und werk einer extravaganten. Rowohlt reinbek bei hamburg 2006 isbn 978 3 499 24224 3.
Writer bertha harris described her work as practically the only available expression of lesbian culture we have in the modern western world since sappho. Wagenbach berlin 1989 1999 neu aufgelegt isbn 3 8031 3546 x. She was an american novelist poet playwright journalist and visual artist as well as an important figure in the modernist movement.
Her works include nightwood 1937 ladies almanack 1928 and the book of repulsive women 1915. Nightwood djuna barnes strange and sinuous tour de force belongs to that small class of books that somehow reflect a time or an epoch times literary supplement that time is the period between the two world wars and barnes novel unfolds in the decadent shadows of europe s great cities paris berlin. œuvres principales le bois de la nuit roman 1936 modifier djuna barnes née le 12 juin 1892 à cornwall en dans l état de new york et morte le 18 juin 1982 dans le quartier de greenwich village à new york est une romancière dramaturge et artiste américaine.
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