An edition of Casual affairs
(2014)
Casual affairs
the life and fiction of Sally Benson
by Maryellen Keefe
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Casual affairs: the life and fiction of Sally Benson
2014, Excelsior Editions/State University of New York Press
in English
1438450893 9781438450896
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Table of Contents
Introduction
The writer's origins: St. Louis, Missouri "the Smith family album" 1909
Manhattan daze: 1909-1912
Summer of discontent: 1912
Houston: 1912-1913
Rising spirits: home again: 1913-1915
A world at war: arms and the men "prelude to a marriage": 1915-1918
Wedding bells: 1919-1922
Second honeymoon: 1922
Back to reality: 1922-1926
A wider world beckons: the first casual affair: 1927
Climbing the career ladder: Benson at The New Yorker: 1928-1929
Public success and private sorrow: 1930-1931
The writer makes strides: 1932-1933
Refining her vision: 1933-1934
Perfecting her craft: 1934-1935
Affairs, financial and other: 1936
Taking charge and branching out: 1937
Becoming an entrepreneur: 1938
A world at war, turmoil at home: 1939-1940
Behind the scene: 1940
Affairs, family and other: 1941
Becoming a celebrity: 1942
The war escalates at home and abroad: 1942
The world at war, Babe and Ham: 1943
Meet me in St. Louis: the fiction, the sources, look back: 1941-1942
The making of Meet me in St. Louis: 1943-1944
Hollywood, Pinewood, Broadway and beyond: 1947-1957
Epilogue.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-448) and index.
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