A Tale of Two Coasts: H.D.’s ‘Mira-Mare’ and Robert Herring’s Cactus Coast

• Published in: Modernist cultures Vol. 17; no. 3-4; p. 344
• Main Author: Hember, Polly
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press 01.11.2022
• Subjects: H D (Hilda Doolittle) (1886-1961); Herring, Robert C; Identity; Intimacy; LGBTQ people; Modernism; Novels; Positioning; Sexuality; Short stories

This article looks at the presence of Monte Carlo in two neglected texts: H.D.’s short story ‘Mira-Mare’ (1934) and her close friend Robert Herring’s novel Cactus Coast (1934). Read alongside autobiographical essays and archival correspondence, a rich dialogue forms between H.D. and Herring’s texts,...