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Adventures of the Mind: The Memoirs of Natalie Clifford Barney

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Natalie Clifford Barney
1992
Published by: NYU Press
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In this book, Barney explores her family tree, chronicles her friendships and associations through reprinted correspondence and recreated conversations, and evokes the golden age of her salon in gallery of literary portraits.

Table of Contents

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Cover Page

Frontmatter

pp. i-vi

Contents

pp. vii-viii

Acknowledgments

pp. ix-x

Foreword

pp. xi-xiv

A Note on the Translation

pp. xv-xviii

Introduction by Karla Jay

pp. 1-18

1. Forewarning

pp. 19-28

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pp. 25

Part One

2. First Adventure: Oscar Wilde in the United States

pp. 31

3. Pierre Louÿs circa 1900: Literary Beginnings

pp. 32-44

4. Anatole France: Among the Amazons

pp. 45-48

5. Remy de Gourmont: The Amazons Friend

pp. 49-56

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pp. 49

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pp. 50

6. Marcel Proust

pp. 57-67

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pp. 59

7. Rainer Maria Rilke: Belated Appreciation

pp. 68-74

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pp. 68

8. Fleg, Then Zangwill, Then Fleg

pp. 75-78

9. Gabriele D’Annunzio: At Home

pp. 79-85

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pp. 81

10. Max Jacob

pp. 86-91

11. Doctor Jésus-Christ Mardrus

pp. 92-95

12. The Critical State of André Rouveyre

pp. 96-101

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pp. 98

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pp. 99

13. Paul Valéry: The Dawn of an Academician: An Attempt at Clarification

pp. 102-123

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pp. 107

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pp. 115

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pp. 122

14. Legends and Anecdotes, Translators and Detractors

pp. 124-130

Part Two

15. An Academy of Women: Foreword

pp. 133-140

*

pp. 137

16. Lucie Delarue-Mardrus, President

pp. 141-143

17. English Bohemian Life and Anna Wickham

pp. 144-150

18. Colette

pp. 151-152

19. Rachilde

pp. 153-154

20. Aurel: Festival in Return

pp. 155-157

21. Mina Loy

pp. 158-160

22. Elisabeth de Gramont

pp. 161-164

23. Djuna Barnes

pp. 165-170

24. Gertrude Stein

pp. 171-179

25. Romaine Brooks: The Case of a Great Painter of the Human Face

pp. 180-183

26. Renée Vivien

pp. 184-190

27. Retrospective of Marie Lenéru by Magdeleine Marx Paz

pp. 191-196

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pp. 194

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pp. 196

28. P.P.C.: Leave-Taking

pp. 197-198

Notes

pp. 199-268

Bibliography

pp. 269-278

Index

pp. 279-290
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