Millions Like Us: British Women's Fiction of WWI - Softcover

Hartley, Jenny

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1860490808 ISBN 13: 9781860490804

Verlag: Virago, 1997

Inhaltsangabe

The Second World War saw women fully involved and experiencing work outside the home; the temporary nature of their new role was echoed in the fiction of the era, where the heroine's work remained a prelude to her return to domesticity. Their relative freedom is also reflected in wartime fiction that saw women fulfil a range of roles at one time -mother, worker, home-maker. From the blitz to secret surveillance, from film and radio to letter-writing, women wrote about it all and here Jenny Hartley offers a fascinating and enlightening criticism, discussing a range of authors including: Elizabeth Bowen, Olivia Manning, Rosamond Lehmann, Rose Macaulay and Stevie Smith.

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Críticas:

Excellent (WOMAN'S JOURNAL )

Expert guidance from a continuously alert commentator (TLS )

Biografía del autor:

Jenny Hartley is the author of HEARTS UNDEFEATED, an anthology of women's writing on the Second World War. She lives in London and teaches at the Roehampton Institute of Higher Education.

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• Verlag: Virago
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1860490808
• ISBN 13: 9781860490804
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 352