Nancy Cunard: Heiress, Muse, Political Idealist

Lois Gordon

April, 2007
Cloth, 504 pages, 70 illus.
ISBN: 978-0-231-13938-0
$32.95 / £21.95

"This able, diligently researched biography... revives the memory of a remarkable woman against the backdrop of major 20th-century events." — Publishers Weekly

"Gordon brings a literary sensibility, a historian's insight, and psychological fluency to her groundbreaking and alternately mesmerizing and shattering biography." — Booklist

"Here is a fascinating life story, delivered in absorbing detail." — New York Daily News

"A worthy biography of the Jazz Age beauty who mesmerized Pound and Elliot." — Megan O'Grady, Vogue

"This extraordinary life has been well served by Gordon." — The Australian

"Gordon provides a perfect illustration of Cunard's fascinating, moving life...your perfect summertime read." — Jen Ortiz, Social Life Magazine

"[Lois Gordon] vividly reconstructs the Cunard legend and brings her back to life." — Carla Kaplan, The Nation

"[A] fine biography-extremely well researched and felicitously written." — Mary V. Dearborn, American Book Review

"Lois Gordon’s biography of Nancy Cunard arrives at a time when we sorely need exemplars for art and activism." — Rain Taxi

"A fascinating and ultimately poignant story." — Modernism/Modernity

"Lois Gordon's depiction of Nancy Cunard and her relationships is strong and vivid. Because Cunard was involved in many of the major events of the century, knew many of its artists personally and sexually, and was often represented in their work, this full-scale and highly detailed biography should have a readership appeal far beyond those interested in her complex and fascinating life and work." — Alan W. Friedman, The University of Texas at Austin

"In Lois Gordon's tireless hands, Nancy Cunard comes across as a woman of remarkable intelligence, intensity, and romantic idealism." — Lawrence Graver, Williams College

About the Author

Lois Gordon, distinguished professor of English at Fairleigh Dickinson University, is internationally known for her work in drama and American culture. She is the author of the first book in the United States on Harold Pinter, and her most recent books include Pinter at 70; The World of Samuel Beckett, 1906-1946; Reading Godot; and American Chronicle: Year by Year Through the Twentieth Century, a classic reference on American culture.

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