Women, Celebrity, and Literary Culture between the Wars

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Index Adams, Franklin P., 43 Adorno, Theodor, 14, 214 Albani, Emma, 112, 113, 224 Albee, Edward F., 36 Alcott, Louisa May, 190–191, 195, 196, 201 Alexander, Rahne, 218 Algonquin Round Table, 27, 28, 42, 43, 44, 46, 54, 55, 56, 71–72, 191, 216, 217, 231 Anderson, Sherwood, 57, 61, 63, 71 Anglin, Margaret, 113 Anne of Green Gables. See Montgomery , Lucy Maud Arbuthnot, Lucie, 218 Ardis, Ann, 22, 214 Arlen, Michael, 1, 125, 140, 226 Arnold, Matthew, 138 Asquith, Margot, 45–46, 76 Atwood, Margaret, 22 Auerbach, Nina, 230 Austen, Jane, 156, 161, 205 avant-garde. See experimental writing Ayers, David, 214 Bailey, Mary, 162 Bainter, Fay, 41 Barnes, Djuna, 21, 40 Barreca, Regina, 29, 62 Barrie, J. M., 135 Barry, Philip, 218 Barrymore, Ethel, 84 Barton, Ralph, 60–61, 62 Baum, Vicki, 194 BBC. See British Broadcasting Corporation Beaton, Cecil, 39 Beauman, Nicola, 181 Beck, Lily Adams, 21 Belasco, David, 41, 42, 92 Benchley, Robert, 40, 42–43 Bennett, Arnold, 135 Benson, E. F., 6, 195 Benson, Stella, 75 Benton, Megan, 20 Berlin, Isaiah, 74 Berton, Pierre, 118 best sellers, 3, 10, 16, 19, 49, 55–56, 61, 64–66, 74, 100, 111, 125–126, 136, 137, 139, 150–151, 154, 180, 199, 206, 207, 219–220, 224–225. See also cultural hierarchy Birley, Julia, 228 Birrell, Augustine, 135, 226 Blodgett, E. D., 116 Blom, T. E., 67 Bloom, Clive, 64 Bloom, Harold, 124 T4194.indb 251 T4194.indb 251 5/2/07 6:46:28 AM 5/2/07 6:46:28 AM 252 | Women, Celebrity, and Literary Culture Bloomsbury group, 12, 18, 19, 22, 36, 154, 159, 167, 195, 198–199, 203, 215, 228 Bluemel, Kristin, 22, 153, 172, 214, 227–228, 229 Blyton, Enid, 22 Bobak, E. L., 116 bohemia(ns), 18, 37, 126–130, 144, 151, 153, 159–160, 163–164, 171, 176 book clubs, 20–21, 68, 199–200, 203, 220 Boorstin, Daniel, 14, 15 Bosanquet, Theodora, 185 Botshon, Lisa, 22 Bourdieu, Pierre, 6, 7, 66, 194–195 Bowen, Elizabeth, 22, 153, 174, 175, 228 Boyd, Ernest, 71, 72 Brackett, Charles, 218 Bradbury, Malcolm, 58 Braudy, Leo, 13 British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), 18, 177, 193, 207, 229, 230, 231 British culture, 17–21, 34, 36, 117, 168, 170, 173, 174, 177, 181, 190–191, 210. See also transatlantic culture, influence of Brittain, Vera, 22, 196 Broadway. See theater Brontë family, 156, 159, 171 Brookner, Anita, 151 Brooks, Louise, 95, 96, 97 Broun, Heywood, 136 Brown, John Mason, 82, 99 Browning, Peaches, 15, 215 Brunel, Adrian, 227 Bryher, 22 Buchanan, Brad, 73 Burstein, Jessica, 8, 29, 44–45 Bush, Gladys Lewis, 97 Callaghan, Morley, 108 Canadian culture, 17–20, 21, 100, 103, 107–114, 116–119, 123, 210, 223–224. See also transatlantic culture, influence of Carey, John, 10, 214 Carman, Bliss, 113 Carroll, Lewis, 195 Carter, Angela, 98 Cartland, Barbara, 22 cartoons, 4, 12, 34, 36, 60–61, 85 Case, Frank, 218 Cashin, Fergus, 220 Castle, Irene, 37 Cather, Willa, 21, 58, 63, 64, 116 Cawelti, John, 14 Cecil, David, 74 celebrity, 3, 12, 16–19, 27–30, 32, 35–43, 47, 48, 51, 53, 55–56, 76–78, 82, 95, 99, 114, 125, 129, 151, 154, 165–166, 175–176, 191, 204, 206, 209–211, 214–215; literary celebrity , 1–2, 13–17, 18, 30, 40–41, 65, 100–109, 112, 123, 139, 141–150, 181, 190, 193, 209–211. See also stars Cella, Laurie J. C., 56 censorship, 5, 18, 57, 66, 68, 75, 83, 90, 92–94, 98, 116, 211, 221–222 Chandler, Charlotte, 79, 98, 210 Chaplin, Charlie, 1, 65, 113–114 Chappell, George S., 37, 217 Chase, Edna Woolman, 33 Chekhov, Anton, 225 children’s literature, 22, 104–105, 112 Christie, Agatha, 22, 228 Churchwell, Sarah, 61, 64 cinema, 1, 3, 5, 7, 16–18, 24, 39, 54, 55–56, 58–59, 64, 68, 70, 76, 78, 92–94, 100–101, 106, 113–120, 122, 125, 141, 153, 163–167, 170, 172–173, 177, 221, 222, 227, 229. See also Hollywood; stars; studios class, 7, 11, 18–20, 36, 43, 57, 67–68, 71, 90–92, 98, 116, 128–129, 131, 140, 153, 160–163, 181, 182, 189, 193 Cocteau, Jean, 40 Cold Comfort Farm. See Gibbons, Stella Coles, Gladys Mary, 171 Colette, 92 colloquial language, 8, 29, 78, 80, 92, 156, 203 T4194.indb 252 T4194.indb 252 5/2/07 6:46:28 AM 5/2/07 6:46:28 AM [3.146.35.203...