The Heart To Artemis: A Writer's Memoirs
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Poor , ex-library
Jacket: Damaged
Pages: Good
Markings: Ex-library with usual markings
Condition remarks: Exterior of binding ok, binding coming loose on FEP but pages are still firmly intact. Damage to dust jacket around spine and back corners but still otherwise integral.
A vivid and literary autobiography, The Heart to Artemis chronicles the remarkable life of Bryher — born Annie Winifred Ellerman — the British modernist writer, patron of the arts, and lifelong adventurer. With elegant, reflective prose, the memoir traces her unconventional upbringing as the daughter of one of England's wealthiest men, her fierce pursuit of independence, and her deep immersion in the avant-garde literary circles of the early twentieth century. Bryher details her transformative friendships with towering figures such as H.D. (Hilda Doolittle), Marianne Moore, and Sylvia Beach, painting an intimate portrait of the modernist movement from the inside. The narrative also uncovers her courageous efforts to rescue Jewish intellectuals and artists from Nazi-occupied Europe, adding a dimension of moral urgency to what is already a richly textured personal history. Written with candor and quiet authority, this memoir stands as an essential document of a woman who shaped literary history while steadfastly refusing to be defined by convention.
Author: Bryher
Format: Hardback
Published: 1963, Collins, St James's Place, London
Condition remarks:
Book: Poor , ex-library
Jacket: Damaged
Pages: Good
Markings: Ex-library with usual markings
Condition remarks: Exterior of binding ok, binding coming loose on FEP but pages are still firmly intact. Damage to dust jacket around spine and back corners but still otherwise integral.
A vivid and literary autobiography, The Heart to Artemis chronicles the remarkable life of Bryher — born Annie Winifred Ellerman — the British modernist writer, patron of the arts, and lifelong adventurer. With elegant, reflective prose, the memoir traces her unconventional upbringing as the daughter of one of England's wealthiest men, her fierce pursuit of independence, and her deep immersion in the avant-garde literary circles of the early twentieth century. Bryher details her transformative friendships with towering figures such as H.D. (Hilda Doolittle), Marianne Moore, and Sylvia Beach, painting an intimate portrait of the modernist movement from the inside. The narrative also uncovers her courageous efforts to rescue Jewish intellectuals and artists from Nazi-occupied Europe, adding a dimension of moral urgency to what is already a richly textured personal history. Written with candor and quiet authority, this memoir stands as an essential document of a woman who shaped literary history while steadfastly refusing to be defined by convention.