Name/TitleEdith Sitwell: A Unicorn Among Lions
MakerGlendinning, Victoria
Maker RoleAuthor
About this objectPaperback book titled 'Edith Sitwell: A Unicorn Among Lions' by Victoria Glendinning. The blurb states: "This vivid and sympathetic portrait draws on Edith Sitwell's brilliantly funny and often outrageous letters to reveal the gallant, generous, spontaneous yet tragically insecure woman behind the public image."
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, paper
MeasurementsH: 197 x W: 127 x D: 125 mm
Date Made1981/93
Period20th century
Place MadeEngland, London
PublisherGeorge Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd
Publication Date1981
PublisherPhoenix
Publication Date1993
Publication PlaceEngland, London
Series TitlePhoenix Paperbacks
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Sitwell:
Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell DBE (7 September 1887 – 9 December 1964) was a British poet and critic and the eldest of the three literary Sitwells. She reacted badly to her eccentric, unloving parents and lived much of her life with her governess. She never married but became passionately attached to Russian painter Pavel Tchelitchew, and her home was always open to London's poetic circle, to whom she was generous and helpful. Sitwell published poetry continuously from 1913, some of it abstract and set to music. With her dramatic style and exotic costumes, she was sometimes labelled a poseur, but her work was praised for its solid technique and painstaking craftsmanship. She was a recipient of the Benson Medal of the Royal Society of Literature [continues].
Subject and Association Keywords(auto) biography
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's writing & literature
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypePublication
ISBN/ISSN1 85799 077 3
Object numberGWL-2016-118-3
Spine LabelVictoria GLENDINNING ~ EDITH SITWELL: A Unicorn Among Lions
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved