Edith Sitwell

1988 101 Seiten, 110 Abb. / 101 pp., 110 Ill. kart. m. Umschlag / hardcover w. jacket. Sehr guter bis tadelloser Zustand. Einband rückseitig mit leichten Gebrauchsspuren. / Very good to perfect condition. Binding with slight signs of wear on the back. - EN: In this lavishly illustrated pictorial biography, Elizabeth Salter, Dame Edith's private secretary and close companion during the last years of her life, captures the spirit of this truly remarkable woman, who, with her brothers, Osbert and Sacheverell, formed a celebrated and redoubtable literary triumvirate. From the loneliness and isolation of Edith Sitwell's early years at her family home, Renishaw, through her emotional development as a writer in London, Paris and New York to the ultimate confirmation of her stature as a major poet, Miss Salter illuminates a unique personality, profoundly kind and essentially ncomplicated, who never failed to arouse strong feelings. Over 110 photographs, many published here for the first time, not only document Edith Sitwell's world but also provide a fascinating record of the evolution of one of the twentieth century's most characterful and instantly recognizable faces. Extracts from her writings and conversations provide most of the captions for this remarkable collection of illustrations, and from these and from Elizabeth Salter's uniquely personal account, Dame Edith's very human figure, her love of the musical rhythms of the English language, her horror of violence and her growing religious insistence on 'Ultimate Good', all emerge from behind her own facade.