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  1. 6. Dez. 2021 · The White Girl by Vera Caspary (1929) bears comparison to several passing novels of the 1920s. “Passing” as white was a theme that fascinated authors of the 1920s, both within and outside of the Harlem Renaissance movement. Following is an exploration of several 1920s novels of passing by Caspary and two by Jewish women writers like herself ...

  2. 26. Jan. 2016 · Vera Caspary was the prolific author of over 50 novels, plays, and screenplays. Born in 1899 in Chicago, Caspary came into young adulthood during the Roaring Twenties, the spirit of which had a profound effect on her career and writing--her work often featuring independent women and their struggles with identity. She is perhaps best known for her novel Laura, which was adapted into an ...

  3. 26. Feb. 2024 · Die Figur Laura Hunt erblickte das Licht der Welt in einer Geschichte der Autorin Vera Caspary. In den 1920er und 1930er Jahren musste sie sich und ihre verwitwete Mutter mit einer ganzen Reihe von Jobs über Wasser halten und verkaufte daher viele ihrer Geschichten und Romane an Zeitschriften, Magazine und letztlich auch an Hollywood. Die Versuche, in einer von Männern dominierten ...

  4. Vera Caspary was born in November 1899 in Chicago. Her working life began as a stenographer at a Chicago advertising agency, but she was determined to become a copywriter, and despite many setbacks in a male-dominated business, she eventually achieved her aim in 1920. She then moved to New York to write for magazines, and also began writing stories which drew on her experiences as an ...

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  5. CASPARY, Vera. Born 13 November 1904, Chicago, Illinois; died 13 June 1987. Daughter of Paul and Julia Cohen Caspary; married I. G.Goldsmith, 1949. Vera Caspary began her career by writing promotional booklets for an advertising agency, operating her own mail order ballet school, and editing trade magazines.

  6. 9. Juli 2021 · 1 volume ; 20 cm. This is Laura's story, although most of it is told by three men, the three men who knew her best, because when the story opens Laura has already been murdered. The story was originally written in 1943 and became a famous film. Originally published: New York: ibooks, 2000.

  7. 1. Jan. 2008 · Vera Caspary. 4.00. 2 ratings1 review. Explores the life of a Southern "black" woman who moves North and passes as white in the city of Chicago. It was convincing enough that some believed it to be written by a woman who was indeed "passing." At this time, to have even "a drop of Negro blood" was to be considered part of a controversial race.