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Sarah : the life of Sarah Bernhardt / Robert Gottlieb

By:

Gottlieb, Robert, (, 1931-)

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Jewish livesPublication details: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press , 2010.Description: 233 p. : illus. ; 22 cmISBN:

9780300141276

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

92 BER

LOC classification:

PN2638.B5 .G68 2010

Summary: Everything about Sarah Bernhardt is fascinating, from her obscure birth to her glorious career - redefining the very nature of her art - to her amazing (and highly public) romantic life, to her indomitable spirit. Well into her seventies, after the amputation of her leg, she was performing under bombardment for soldiers during World War I and toured America for the ninth time. Though the Bernhardt literature is vast, this is the first English-language biography to appear in decades, tracking the trajectory through which an illegitimate - and scandalous - daughter of a Jewish courtesan transformed herself into the most famous actress who ever lived, and into a national icon, a symbol of France.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	92 BER (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		018892

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-225) and index.

Everything about Sarah Bernhardt is fascinating, from her obscure birth to her glorious career - redefining the very nature of her art - to her amazing (and highly public) romantic life, to her indomitable spirit. Well into her seventies, after the amputation of her leg, she was performing under bombardment for soldiers during World War I and toured America for the ninth time. Though the Bernhardt literature is vast, this is the first English-language biography to appear in decades, tracking the trajectory through which an illegitimate - and scandalous - daughter of a Jewish courtesan transformed herself into the most famous actress who ever lived, and into a national icon, a symbol of France.

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