Literary Salons Across Britain and Ireland in the Long Eighteenth Century
Literary Salons Across Britain and Ireland in the Long Eighteenth Century

Author: Amy Prendergast

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-08-25

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 1137512717

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The eighteenth-century salon played an important role in shaping literary culture, while both creating and sustaining transnational intellectual networks. Focusing on archival materials, this book is the first detailed examination of the literary salon in Ireland, considered in the wider contexts of contemporary salon culture in Britain and France.

The Women of the French Salons
The Women of the French Salons

Author: Amelia Gere Mason

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-06-13

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13:

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"The Women of the French Salons" by Amelia Gere Mason is a collection of stories (often called "sketches") of some of the women who made the French Salons so illustrious. This society is known for its decadence and high culture which was, in part, thanks to the women who occupied the spaces alongside the men. Thus, Mason's work pays tribute to these women in a fascinating read.

Salon Therapy
Salon Therapy

Author: Denise Thompson

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2008-06

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13: 0595457312

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Professional Therapy leaves you feeling like its problems only you have. You go into a quiet little room where the Doctor sits at his or her desk across from you and asks you these dry questions. Then, they sit there waiting on you to talk. They will just sit there looking at you. Over time, I guess you open up to the person. Here, everyone gets involved. They've experienced some form of life issues and know how it changed their life. Here, no one has gone to school, the lesson came from life experiences. Each person gives great detail about the subject and how they found the solution. It makes you feel connected to reality a lot more because you know this is real not just a brain smart person sitting before you with a book smart answer! Many times, a subject comes up and it may get so involving, tears are wiped away in moments of emotions. I swear, there have been times the shop has been in such an emotional state, you forgot you were even in a salon. The sistas bonding together to reach out to someone with all the right intentions of helping a sista in whatever the situation it may be. I tell ya, if you haven't experienced a sista- ta-sista soul searching gathering in a beauty salon, you have been missing out on who we, as sistas, really are when we bond together.

Bernardine's Shanghai Salon
Bernardine's Shanghai Salon

Author: Susan Blumberg-Kason

Publisher: Post Hill Press

Published: 2023-11-07

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13:

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Bernardine Szold Fritz arrived in Shanghai in 1929 to marry her fourth husband. Only thirty-three years old, she found herself in a time and place like no other. Political intrigue and scandal lurked on every street corner. Art Deco cinemas showed the latest Hollywood flicks, while dancehall owners and jazz musicians turned Shanghai into Asia’s top nightlife destination. Yet from the night of their wedding, Bernardine’s new husband did not live up to his promises. Instead of feeling sorry for herself or leaving Shanghai, Bernardine decided to make a place for herself. Like other Jewish women before her, she started a salon in her home, drawing famous names from the world of politics, the arts, and the intelligentsia. She introduced Emily Hahn, the charismatic opium-smoking writer for The New Yorker, to the flamboyant hotelier Sir Victor Sassoon and legendary poet Sinmay Zau. And when Hollywood stars Anna May Wong, Charlie Chaplin, and Claudette Colbert passed through Shanghai, Bernardine organized gatherings to introduce them to their Shanghai contemporaries. When Bernardine’s salon could not accommodate all who wanted to attend, she founded the International Arts Theater to produce avant-garde plays, ballets, lectures, and visual arts exhibits, often pushing audiences beyond their comfort zones. As civil war brewed and World War II soon followed, Bernardine’s devotion to the arts and the people of Shanghai brought joy to the city just before it would change forever.