Quelques Portraits-Sonnets de Femmes
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Quelques Portraits-Sonnets de Femmes is a poetry
chapbook
, by Natalie Clifford Barney
, with watercolor illustrations by Alice Pike Barney
.
It was published in an edition of 500, by Librarie Paul Ollendorf.
The poems were dedicated to various women, by initials.
The poems were criticized for being conventional.
However, the radical subject matter of lesbian
ism caused a scandal.
Her father, Alfred Barney, bought up the copies, and plates.
Poetry
Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
chapbook
Chapbook
A chapbook is a pocket-sized booklet. The term chap-book was formalized by bibliophiles of the 19th century, as a variety of ephemera , popular or folk literature. It includes many kinds of printed material such as pamphlets, political and religious tracts, nursery rhymes, poetry, folk tales,...
, by Natalie Clifford Barney
Natalie Clifford Barney
Natalie Clifford Barney was an American playwright, poet and novelist who lived as an expatriate in Paris....
, with watercolor illustrations by Alice Pike Barney
Alice Pike Barney
Alice Pike Barney was an American painter. She was active in Washington, D.C. and worked to make Washington into a center of the arts....
.
It was published in an edition of 500, by Librarie Paul Ollendorf.
The poems were dedicated to various women, by initials.
The poems were criticized for being conventional.
However, the radical subject matter of lesbian
Lesbian
Lesbian is a term most widely used in the English language to describe sexual and romantic desire between females. The word may be used as a noun, to refer to women who identify themselves or who are characterized by others as having the primary attribute of female homosexuality, or as an...
ism caused a scandal.
Her father, Alfred Barney, bought up the copies, and plates.