Mary Maclane

I Await the Devil's Coming

Annotated & Unexpurgated
Herausgeber: Brown, Michael R

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Mary MacLane comes off the page quivering with life. She is before her time ... Moving." - London Times With her first book - written in 1901 in Butte, Montana at age nineteen - she was hailed as a marvel by the likes of H.L. Mencken, Clarence Darrow, and Harriet Monroe. She went on to become a pioneering newswoman, gambler extraordinaire, bon vivant, and a star of the silent screen. She influenced Gertrude Stein, inspired F. Scott Fitzgerald, and upon her death in 1929 was eulogized as "an errant daughter of literature ... the first of the self-expressionists, and also the first of the Flappers," as the creator of "that revolution in manners, that transvaluation of values in the female code of behavior known as the Roaring Twenties." Too radical in style for 1902, its original publisher made countless changes to the author's far-superior original - the same pacification reprinted by all other publishers. This annotated, unexpurgated affordable edition makes Mary Mac-Lane's striking teenage debut - "the first of the blogs" - available in its unalterd, uncompromised form. "Mary MacLane's first book was the first of the confessional diaries ever written in this nation, and it was a sensation." - N.Y. Times editoral "Anyone who reads her will never forget her voice." - Biographile "She reminds us of the power of personal narrative, honestly told." - The Atlantic "In a pre-soundbite age she already knew how to draw blood in one direct sentence." - The Awl "She had a short but fiery life of writing and misadventure, and her writing was a template for the confessional memoirs that have become ubiquitous." - The New Yorker "One of the most fascinatingly self-involved personalities of the 20th century." - The Age "A girl wonder." - Harper's "Confessional journalists have people like Mary MacLane to thank." - Flavorwire "Her diaries ignited a national uproar, ushering in a new era for women's voices. Her elegant, ambitious embrace of full-disclosure opened a door to what was possible for women." - The Atlantic "Fiery frankness made her a pioneer." - Time Out Chicago "Her poetry is one of extremes: lust for happiness, despair for life." - Hairy Dog Review "Riveting." - N.H. Public Radio "I Await The Devil's Coming is a small masterpiece, full of camp and swagger." - Parul Sehgal, NPR "Pioneering newswoman, later silent-screen star, considered the veritable spirit of the iconoclastic Twenties." - Boston Globe "A pioneering feminist - a sensation." - Feminist Bookstore News "First of the self-expressionists, and the first of the Flappers." - Chicagoan Check www.marymaclane.com for exclusive content, news, and previews.

Produktdetails

• Seitenzahl: 132
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 153mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 205g
• ISBN-13: 9781883304058
• ISBN-10: 1883304059
• Artikelnr.: 58004514

Autorenporträt

"Anyone who reads her will never forget her voice." - Biographile "Mary MacLane comes off the page quivering with life. Moving." - London Times "She reminds us of the power of personal narrative, honestly told." - The Atlantic "In a pre-soundbite age she already knew how to draw blood in one direct sentence." - The Awl "She had a short but fiery life of writing and misadventure, and her writing was a template for the confessional memoirs that have become ubiquitous." - The New Yorker "One of the most fascinatingly self-involved personalities of the 20th century." - The Age "Confessional journalists have people like Mary Mac-Lane to thank." - Flavorwire "Her diaries ignited a national uproar, ushering in a new era for women's voices. Her elegant, ambitious embrace of full-disclosure opened a door to what was possible for women." - The Atlantic "Fiery frankness made her a pioneer." - Time Out Chicago "Her poetry is one of extremes: lust for happiness, despair for life." - Hairy Dog Review "Riveting." - New Hampshire Public Radio "I Await the Devil's Coming is a small masterpiece, full of camp and swagger." - Parul Sehgal, NPR "First of the self-expressionists, and the first of the Flappers." - Chicagoan "This book is the heart cry of youth not yet at home in the world. Where, since Emily Brontë, can we find this lightning-like intuition, and this special kind of simple, vivid, flashing English - direct, rhythmic, beautiful?" - Harriet Monroe "Little short of a miracle. No more marvelous book was ever born out of a sensitive, precocious brain." - Clarence Darrow "She senses the infinite resilience, the drunken exuberance, the magnificent power and delicacy of the language." - H.L. Mencken "A girl wonder." - Harper's (two-page exclusive spread) "A pioneering feminist - a sensation." - Feminist Bookstore News "From now on must take a prominent place in any discussions of American women's writing and the literature of the West." - Dr Peter Donahue, Oklahoma State University - "A pioneering newswoman and later a silent-screen star, considered the veritable spirit of the iconoclastic Twenties, 'the Joan of Arc of the Red-Hot Mamas.' 'How did it happen, ' declared one of her eulogists, 'that a revolution in manners started, or seemed to start, with an unruly young woman who couldn't bear the sight of the toothbrushes hanging up in the family bathroom at Butte, Montana?'" - Robert Taylor, Chief Critic, Boston Globe

Inhaltsangabe

Ich erwarte die Ankunft des Teufels

Anhang

Anmerkungen

Nachwort der Übersetzerin von Ann Cotten

There's something about Mary von Juliane Liebert

Rezensionen

MacLane deserves canonization alongside Virginia Woolf and Emily Dickinson and Gertrude Stein. Emily Gould, author of And The Heart Says Whatever and Friendship

"One of the most fascinatingly self-involved personalities of the 20th century." The Age (2011)

"Mary MacLane comes off the page quivering with life. Moving." The London Times

"The first of the self-expressionists, and also the first of the Flappers." The Chicagoan

"Her first book was the first of the confessional diaries ever written in this country, and it was a sensation." The New York Times

I know of no other writer who can play upon words so magically. Mary MacLane is one of the few who actually knows how to write English. She senses the infinite resilience, the drunken exuber- ance, the magnificent power & delicacy of the language. H.L. Mencken

A girl wonder. Harper s Magazine

A pioneering newswoman and later a silent-screen star, consid- ered the veritable spirit of the iconoclastic Twenties. Boston Globe

A milestone Heartwarming, sensual and candid, I Await the Devil's Coming offers reflections that likely were quite scandalous in their time and remain evocative and powerful today." California Bookwatch

She was an extraordinarily gifted girl. . . She had a natural gift for crisp and concise expression, a keen, undisciplined intelligence and the emotional sensibility of a true artist. New York Tribune

A pioneering feminist. . . A sensation. Feminist Bookstore News"Der Text packt einen durch seine emotionale Intensität, seinen Rhythmus und seine Formulierungskraft. Man mag diese Mary MacLane vielleicht nicht - aber man leidet mit ihr."
Anne-Catherine Simon, Die Presse, 15.03.2020

"Die Autorin wird schreibend zu ihrem eigenen Kunstwerk. Für diejenigen, die dieser Tage an der verordneten Einsamkeit leiden, könnte 'Ich erwarte die Ankunft des Teufels' das Buch der Stunde sein."
Angela Schader, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 17.04.2020

"Bewunderungswürdig: zarte rohe Kraft, expressiv, rhythmisch, effektsicher und biegsam. In einer fabelhaften Übersetzung von Ann Cotten erstmals auf Deutsch."
Hubert Spiegel, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 25.04.2020

"Dass ihre Stimme weit trägt, hat Mary MacLane schon 1902 bewiesen; heute zeigt sich, dass sie auch mehr als hundert Jahre später noch frisch und kraftvoll klingt."
Angela Schader, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 27.03.2020

"Ein unglaublich starkes literarisches Statement"
Carsten Hueck, Deutschlandfunk Kultur, 16.04.2020

"Ungestüm und mitreißend"
Claudia Voigt, DER SPIEGEL, 09.05.2020

"Wie wichtig ist es, unser kulturelles Gedächtnis um die Möglichkeit einer Mary MacLane erweitern zu können."
Insa Wilke, Süddeutsche Zeitung, 09.05.2020

"Der Lebenshunger Mary MacLanes springt auch heute noch auf den Leser über, es ist beeindruckend, dass ein Text über hundert Jahre hinweg so viel Energie konservieren kann."
Claudia Voigt, SPIEGEL ONLINE, 17.05.2020

"Der Text packt einen durch seine emotionale Intensität, seinen Rhythmus und seine Formulierungskraft. Man mag diese Mary MacLane vielleicht nicht - aber man leidet mit ihr."
Anne-Catherine Simon, Die Presse, 15.03.2020

"Die Autorin wird schreibend zu ihrem eigenen Kunstwerk. Für diejenigen, die dieser Tage an der verordneten Einsamkeit leiden, könnte 'Ich erwarte die Ankunft des Teufels' das Buch der Stunde sein."
Angela Schader, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 17.04.2020

"Bewunderungswürdig: zarte rohe Kraft, expressiv, rhythmisch, effektsicher und biegsam. In einer fabelhaften Übersetzung von Ann Cotten erstmals auf Deutsch."
Hubert Spiegel, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 25.04.2020

"Dass ihre Stimme weit trägt, hat Mary MacLane schon 1902 bewiesen; heute zeigt sich, dass sie auch mehr als hundert Jahre später noch frisch und kraftvoll klingt."
Angela Schader, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 27.03.2020

"Ein unglaublich starkes literarisches Statement"
Carsten Hueck, Deutschlandfunk Kultur, 16.04.2020

"Ungestüm und mitreißend"
Claudia Voigt, DER SPIEGEL, 09.05.2020

"Wie wichtig ist es, unser kulturelles Gedächtnis um die Möglichkeit einer Mary MacLane erweitern zu können."
Insa Wilke, Süddeutsche Zeitung, 09.05.2020

"Der Lebenshunger Mary MacLanes springt auch heute noch auf den Leser über, es ist beeindruckend, dass ein Text über hundert Jahre hinweg so viel Energie konservieren kann."
Claudia Voigt, SPIEGEL ONLINE, 17.05.2020