Pandora's Handbag by Elizabeth Young
Born into a Calvinist Scottish family, Elizabeth Young?s life was turned upside down when she was given, at the age of 11, three American novels: Algren?s The Man with the Golden Arm, Ginsberg?s Howl and Kerouac?s On the Road. An exceptionally ghoulish child, obsessed with graveyards, owls, wolves and horror stories, she very early on decided to devote her life to books, reading and writing. Elizabeth Young?s collected writings exhibit her singular attraction to the bizarre and her dedication to the high standards of a critic. Witty, incisive, wide-ranging and also moving, Pandora?s Handbag chronicles the journey of a modern arts critic and Young?s personal journey from childhood to critic. Each previously published article is presented in its entirety, with original titles and additional notes. This collection includes two of Young?s crusading articles (on Drug Legislation and the Hepatitus C virus), which have become seminal texts.
?Young was a fearless champion of fearless writing, a merciless opponent of cant, convention and hypocrisy, whose prose could progress effortlessly from the painfully direct, to the gnomic, to the discursive, to the outright quirky? Will Self
Elizabeth Young was brought up in Scotland but lived for most of her life in London. Her journalism appeared in numerous publications including The Observer, The Independent, The Guardian and The New Statesman. Elizabeth Young died in London in March 2001.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781852425265 |
| ISBN 10 | 1852425261 |
| Title | Pandora's Handbag |
| Author | Elizabeth Young |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Profile Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2001-12-06 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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