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Biography

Name: Sylvia (Woodbridge) Beach
Variant Name: Sylvia Beach, Sylvia Woodbridge Beach
Birth Date: March 14, 1887
Death Date: October 6, 1962
Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Place of Death: Paris, France
Nationality: American
Gender: Female

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Biography of Sylvia (Woodbridge) Beach
5,320 words, approx. 18 pages
The fame of Sylvia Beach lies primarily in her bookshop and lending library, Shakespeare and Company, which she ran in Paris from 1919 through 1941. Most of the writers in this volume, and scores more, visited this bank, clubhouse, library, post...


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Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Sylvia Beach Information
1,175 words, approx. 4 pages
Sylvia Beach [1] (March 14 1887 – October 5 1962), born Nancy Woodbridge Beach in her father's parsonage in Baltimore, Maryland, was one of the leading expatriate figures in Paris between World War I and...


News and Journals
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Michigan Quarterly Review
Biographies of Sylvia Beach, Julia Child, Anais Nin
07/01/2000: 576 words, approx. 2 pages
Biographies of Sylvia Beach, Julia Child, Anais Nin Teaches at USC and American University of Paris A formal prayer, its denouement always blessing "the hands" that had prepared the overdone roast beef, was followed by formal conversation at our Sunday afternoon dinners. Social...
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Film - Dienst
Sylvia
01/01/2005: 746 words, approx. 3 pages
Sylvia Plath, posthume Pulitzer-Preisträgerin, gilt als eine der bedeutendsten Schriftstellerinnen des letzten Jahrhunderts und als Vorreiterin des Feminismus. In den 1950er-Jahren als Frau auf ein recht konservatives Rollenbild festgelegt, verstand sie sich selbst nichts desto trotz als Dichterin, auch als sie bereits mehr Zeit...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Shari Benstock
17,197 words, approx. 57 pages
In the following essay, Benstock presents brief overviews of Monnier and Beach's lives, also reviewing the history of their relationship together, both as personal friends and professional colleagues.
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Critical Essay by Edward L. Bishop
14,088 words, approx. 47 pages
In the following excerpt, Bishop explores the conflicting accounts of the events leading up to the decision by Beach to publish Joyce's Ulysses, using Beach's own memoir about Shakespeare and Company as one of the sources of information in helping trace the editorial and creative process for the book.
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Critical Essay by Hugh Ford
11,102 words, approx. 37 pages
In the following essay, Ford provides a fairly detailed overview of the life of Sylvia Beach, also reflecting on the impact of her bookshop as well as her efforts to help Joyce publish his Ulysses.
 


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