Bringing together four entire collections of the Prose Poems and Short Stories of the lesbian Symbolist "Ren e Vivien" (Pauline Mary Tarn, 1877-1909), the current volume is compromised predominately of works which have never before appeared in English.
The four collections in this volume are: Fjord Mists, From Green to Violet, The She-Wolf Lady, and Christ, Aphrodite and Monsieur P pin..
That standpoint remains unusual even now, although historical circumstances have become much more hospitable to its potential appreciation in the last quarter of a century and her work is certainly more likely to find a sympathetic and understanding audience today than ever before.
She had the rare privilege of combining a very considerable technical skill and intellectual brilliance with a vivid and versatile imagination and a literary standpoint that was unique in its day.
It is as much by virtue of her idiosyncrasies as because of her considerable artistry that Pauline Tarn/Ren e Vivien was, and remains, an extremely interesting figure.
Bringing together four entire collections of the Prose Poems and Short Stories of the lesbian Symbolist "Ren e Vivien" (Pauline Mary Tarn, 1877-1909), the current volume is compromised predominately of works which have never before appeared in English
