Fifty years after her death, Dorothy Parker, master of the one-liner, has survived better than the rest of her New Yorker set
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Cocktails, wit and activism: in praise of Dorothy Parker – 50 years onFifty years after her death, this master of the one-liner has survived better than the rest of her New Yorker set, but everything you know about her is liable to…
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By the time you swear you're his,
Shivering and sighing,
And he vows his passion is
Infinite, undying -
Lady, make a note of this:
One of you is lying.
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LOVE SONGS AND SONNETS includes Ronsard’s famous sonnets to Helene, Dorothy Parker’s sardonic reflections on men and Anne Bradstreet’s touching poem "To my Husband." Shakespeare is here, of course, and Burnas, whose comparison of his love to a red, red rose remains one of the most celebrated of all poetic similes. This edition also includes a variety of delights by everyone from Thomas Wyatt to Langston Hughes, from Aphra Behn to John Updike. With a Foreword by Peter Washington, and an index of first lines. READ more here:
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1987 biography by Marion Meade, "Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell Is This?".
Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell is This?
Marion Meade's engrossing and comprehensive biography of one of the twentieth century's most captivating women
In this lively, absorbing biography, Marion Meade illuminates both the charm and the dark side of Dorothy Parker, exploring her days of wicked wittiness at the Algonquin Round Table with the likes of Robert Benchley, George Kaufman, and Harold Ross, and in Hollywood with S. J. Perelman, William Faulkner, and Lillian Hellman. At the dazzling center of it all, Meade gives us the flamboyant, self-destructive, and brilliant Dorothy Parker.
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If, with the literate, I am
Impelled to try an epigram,
I never seek to take the credit;
We all assume that Oscar said it.
Razors pain you;
Rivers are damp;
Acids stain you;
And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren’t lawful;
Nooses give;
Gas smells awful;
You might as well live.
待更正
“恢復”的多蘿西帕克
剃須刀痛你;
河流是潮濕的;
酸染色你;
而藥物引起抽筋。
槍是不合法;
套索放棄;
煤氣味道很難聞;
你還不如住。
Happy birthday to Dorothy Parker
What are we to make today of this famous woman who, beginning almost a century ago, has fascinated generations with her wit, flair, talent, and near genius for self-destruction?
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“There’s a hell of a distance between wisecracking and wit.” —Dorothy ParkerThe American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist was born on this day in 1893.
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Dorothy Parker (August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American poet, short story writer, critic, and
satirist, best known for her
wit, wisecracks and eye for 20th-century urban foibles.
From a conflicted and unhappy childhood, Parker rose to acclaim, both for her literary output in publications such as
The New Yorker and as a founding member of the
Algonquin Round Table. Following the breakup of the circle, Parker traveled to Hollywood to pursue
screenwriting. Her successes there, including two
Academy Award nominations, were curtailed when her involvement in
left-wing politics led to a place on the
Hollywood blacklist.
Dismissive of her own talents, she deplored her reputation as a "wisecracker." Nevertheless, her literary output and reputation for sharp wit have endured.
Contents
1Early life and education2Algonquin Round Table years3Hollywood4Later life and death5Posthumous honors6In popular culture7See also8References9Further reading10External links
Prince features a song entitled "
The Ballad of Dorothy Parker", on his 1987 album
Sign o' the Times.
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