The Strange Necessity

by Margaret Anderson

In this third volume of her autobiography the editor of the Little Review discusses literary figures such as Capote, Cocteau, Auden, and Agee

Genres: Biography, Autobiography, Memoir

223 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1982

About the author

Margaret Caroline Anderson, an American, in 1914 founded The Little Review, an influential literary magazine, and edited it to 1929.

She published of the art collection of modern English and Irish writers between 1914 and 1929. The most noted periodical introduced Ezra Pound, Thomas Stearns Eliot, and many prominent British writers of the 20th century in the United States and published the first thirteen chapters of Ulysses , novel of James Joyce.

Beinecke rare book and manuscript library at Yale University now preserves a large collection of her papers on teaching of George Ivanovich Gurdjieff.

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Reviews

[Briana · Rating 5 out of 5]

This may be one of my favorite books I’ve ever read

Maybe I’ll do a proper review later

[Maureen · Rating 4 out of 5]

"I have always suspected that too much knowledge is a dangerous thing. It is a boon to people who don’t have deep feelings; their pleasure comes from what they know about things, and their pride from showing off what they know. But this only emphasizes the difference between the artist and the scholar." - from The Strange Necessity

In the final installment of her three-part autobiography, Anderson's book subtitled, "Resolutions and Reminisces to 1969" sets out the next chapters of her life. Georgette LeBlanc exits and Dorothy Caruso enters. Although she did not die until 1973, this volume contains enough musings about Anderson's life and life in general to make a very entertaining read.