1. Dorthy Parker
... . Brendan Gill has described the group as friends who spent their careers foolishly "Cracking jokes and singing each other's praises or waspishly stinging each other into tantrums on West 44th Street"(Davidson 796). "Yes, Parker married a few times, divorced a few times, drank, and wrote her heart out"(Davidson 783). As explains the American literary journal, she did have problems with commitment ... literature and modern love because of this. Traditionally when a male poet speaks of love he celebrates "The beauty and virtue of an unattainable women." She is the object of his desire and ...
- Word Count: 1242
- Approx Pages: 5
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: High School