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Author Gottlieb, Robert, 1931-2023

Title Sarah : the life of Sarah Bernhardt / Robert Gottlieb
Published New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (233 pages) : illustrations, portrait
Series Jewish lives
Jewish lives (New Haven, Conn.)
Contents Front Cover -- Sarah The Life of Sarah Bernhardt -- Copyright Page -- CONTENTS -- Sarah: The Life of Sarah Bernhardt -- A Gallery of Roles -- A Note on Sources -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index
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.--From publisher description
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-225) and index
Notes In English
Subject Bernhardt, Sarah, 1844-1923.
SUBJECT Bernhardt, Sarah, 1844-1923 fast
Subject Actresses -- France -- 19th century -- Biography
Actresses -- France -- 20th century -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Religious.
Actresses
France
Genre/Form Biographies
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2010001900
ISBN 9780300168792
0300168799
0300141270
9780300141276