Many women writers in twentieth-century Britain were fascinated by the individual thought processes of their characters. Women Writing Modern Fiction draws connections between the works of authors such as Elizabeth Bowen, Dorothy L. Sayers, Olivia Manning, Iris Murdoch and A.S. Byatt, who dramatize darkness in wartime, gothic terror, madness and romantic betrayal, yet celebrate the triumph of rationality and "The Higher Common Sense." With irony, detachment, wit and high intelligence, they bring us acrobatic tales of the mind.
Many women writers in twentieth-century Britain were fascinated by the individual thought processes of their characters. Women Writing Modern Fiction ...
By adding consideration of age to that of race, gender, and class, this innovative volume seeks to show how growing older affects literary creativity and psychological development and to examine how individual writing careers begin to change in middle age.
By adding consideration of age to that of race, gender, and class, this innovative volume seeks to show how growing older affects literary creativi...
By adding consideration of age to that of race, gender, and class, this innovative volume seeks to show how growing older affects literary creativity and psychological development and to examine how individual writing careers begin to change in middle age.
By adding consideration of age to that of race, gender, and class, this innovative volume seeks to show how growing older affects literary creativi...
This charts the emergence of British writers who assimilated the experimentation of the modernists in a realist tradition, also crafting their own distinctive literary voice. The essays in this volume cover a broad range of authors including George Orwell and Evelyn Waugh.
This charts the emergence of British writers who assimilated the experimentation of the modernists in a realist tradition, also crafting their own dis...
