Research Catalog

Title

Quentin Crisp : the profession of being : a biography / Nigel Kelly ; foreword by Guy Kettelhack.

Author

Kelly, Nigel, 1963-

Publication

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2011.

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Details

Description

xii, 216 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

"This biography chronicles Crisp's life, including birth in pre-World War I England; his life as a gay youth on the streets of London; early attempts at writing and job-seeking; entry into the world of modeling; and overnight success late in life. With this definitive chronicle, Quentin Crisp and his unique worldview are once again on display"--Provided by publisher.

Subjects

• Authors, English > 20th century > Biography
• Gay men > United States > Biography
• Gay men > Great Britain > Biography
• Crisp, Quentin, 1908-1999

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Childhood -- The teenage years -- Leaving school -- High Wycombe -- Leaving home -- Becoming Quentin Crisp -- Free lancing -- The early war years -- Becoming a model -- Peace breaks out -- Becoming the stately homo -- A midlife crisis -- Talking about himself -- The naked civil servant -- Traveling the world -- America, here I come! -- Becoming a film star -- Going out with a bang -- The death of the significant Quentin Crisp -- Afterword -- Crisperanto : the philosophy of Quentin Crisp -- Tributes -- Quentin's family tree.

ISBN

• 9780786464753 (softcover : alk. paper)
• 0786464755 (softcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2011038946

OCLC

• 732960141
• SCSB-12286664

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library