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Bohemianism Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, The Gertrude Stein’s memoir of Paris’ Bohemia. [Am. Lit.: Stein The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas in Benét, 66] section of London where, in the first half of the 20th century, a group of artists and intellectuals frequently congregated. [Br. Culture: Benét, 115] area of southern Manhattan long identified with artists and writers. [Am. Culture: Misc.] neighborhood in San Francisco associated with beatnicks and “flower people” in the 1960s. [Am. Culture: Misc.] section of Paris on left bank of the Seine; home of students, artists, and writers. [Fr. Culture: EB, VI: 71–72] often considers divorce; likes “unacceptable” people. [Am. Lit.: The Age of Innocence] bohemian neighborhood So(uth of) Ho(uston Street), New York City. [Am. Culture: Misc.] |
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| Here, in this atmosphere of bohemianism, I could not but contrast the scene with my scene of the day before, sitting at my machine, in the stifling, shut-in air, repeating, endlessly repeating, at top speed, my series of mechanical motions. It was true that she had condescended to Bohemianism, that be had first met her as a journalist, working for her living in a plain serge suit and a straw hat. He appeared to have the same independence of thought, the same bohemianism, but he had an infinitely more vivacious temperament; his mind was coarser, and he had not that interest in the abstract which made Cronshaw's conversation so captivating. |
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