The Adventurous Life of Amelia B. Edwards: Egyptologist, Novelist, Activist

ISBN-13: 9781350293953 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 240 str.

Margaret C. Jones

Opis

In Victorian England, Amelia B. Edwards was an iconic cultural figure, admired by Trollope and Browning for her best-selling fiction and by the wider public for her witty, thought-provoking travel writing. In later life, she became a celebrated historian, bringing fresh understanding of the world of Ancient Egypt to a fascinated public and founding the Egyptian Exploration Fund (Society). This new biography uses previously overlooked sources to tell the story of her fascinating and unconventional life - her travels, travails and feminist activism - as well as touching on her occasionally problematic views on race. In appreciation of a figure ahead of her time, it examines her involvement in suffrage and animal rights societies as well as revealing new insights into Edwards’ loving same-sex relationships with Ellen Rice Byrne and Lucy Renshaw. In doing so, it reveals a versatile, creative, witty, independent woman, and a true pioneer of her time.

Recenzje

Margaret Jones has admirably brought together the remarkable and varied threads of Amelia B Edwards' life in this greatly updated and carefully researched biography, a must-read for anyone interested in in this novelist, travel writer, and pioneer of British Egyptology! Carl Graves, Director of the Egypt Exploration Society

Spis treści

Chapter 1. Young Amelia Chapter 2. Love – and The Dolomites Chapter 3. The Nile Chapter 4. Inventing Egypt Chapter 5. Founding the Fund Chapter 6. A Very Private Life Chapter 7. Novelist Chapter 8. America Chapter 9. A Quiet Activist Chapter 10. Reputation Bibliography

O autorze

Margaret C. Jones was Senior Lecturer at the Department of English, University of the West of England, UK. She is now a writer, primarily of feminist biographies such as Founder, Fighter, Saxon Queen: Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians and Heretics and Hellraisers: Women of The Masses.