 | Dear Tiny Heart: The Letters of Jane Heap and Florence Reynolds Subjects: Heap Jane 1883–1964 -- Correspondence; Editors -- United States -- Correspondence; Reynolds Florence 1879–1949 -- Correspondence. Lesbians -- United States -- Correspondence; Writer, artist, Manhattan gallery owner, and co-editor of the Little Review , Jane Heap was one of the most dynamic figures of the international avant garde, creating a life that defined the "modernist experience" as a syncretic one. Deliberately seeking a low profile throughout her life, Heap has frustrated many scholars interested in her personal life and the extraordinarily vital period in which she lived. Through her correspondence, Heap here reveals her intimate self as well as her more public, creative relationships with some of the legends of modern art, literature, and spirituality. Focusing primarily on the voluminous letters written by Heap to Florence Reynolds, the correspondence included in this volume spans the years from 1908-1949, incorporating additional illuminating letters to Reynolds from other significant figures in Heap's life. Baggett Holly : Holly Baggett teaches American and Women's Studies at Southwest Missouri State University. |
