Elaine Showalter

Formidable woman of letters: the grit and wisdom of Elizabeth Hardwick

The fearless critic finally escapes the shadow of her husband Robert Lowell in Cathy Curtis’s sensitive biography

Formidable woman of letters: Elizabeth Hardwick in 1967. [Alamy]
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  • A Splendid Intelligence: The Life of Elizabeth Hardwick

    Cathy Curtis

    W.W. Norton, pp. 400, £27

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