Bibliograph

Collected writings, Two serious ladies ; In the summer house ; Stories & other writings ; Letters, Jane Bowles ; Millicent Dillon, editor

Type

Label

Collected writings, Two serious ladies ; In the summer house ; Stories & other writings ; Letters, Jane Bowles ; Millicent Dillon, editor

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 769-806) and index

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contains biographical information

Index

index present

Literary Form

mixed forms

Main title

Collected writings

Oclc number

949640233

Responsibility statement

Jane Bowles ; Millicent Dillon, editor

Series statement

The Library of America, 288

Sub title

Two serious ladies ; In the summer house ; Stories & other writings ; Letters

Summary

Two serious ladies: A modernist cult-classic, mysterious, profound, anarchic, and funny, and only novel by avant-garde literary star and wife of legendary writer Paul Bowles. Christina Goering and Frieda Copperfield, both upper-class women, embark on separate quests of salvation, ultimately descending into debauchery--Miss Goering becomes involved with various men, and Mrs. Copperfield visits Panama with her husband, where she finds solace among the women who live and work in its brothels. At the end the two women meet again, each transformed by her experience."--Amazon.comIn the summer house: The plot of this play is driven by character interactions, comparing two widows and their unstable daughters--Gertrude Eastman Cuevas, an overbearing mother and her gentle daughter Molly, and Mrs. Constable, a gentle mother and her overbearing daughter Vivian. The second act occurs in a restaurant named The Lobster Bowl and uses intensive food imagery

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Jane Bowles collected writings

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