The History of British Women's Writing, 1920-1945

Volume Eight
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-349-32858-1
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 316 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 4231 g

Reihe: History of British Women's Writing

Featuring sixteen contributions from recognized authorities in their respective fields, this superb new mapping of women's writing ranges from feminine middlebrow novels to Virginia Woolf's modernist aesthetics, from women's literary journalism to crime fiction, and from West End drama to the literature of Scotland, Ireland and Wales.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Joannou, M.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Series Preface Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Chronology 1920-1945 Introduction: Modernism, The Middlebrow and Modernity in Context; M.Joannou PART I: MAPPING MODERNISM Virginia Woolf and the Aesthetics of Modernism; J.Goldman Gender in Modernism; B.Kime Scott The Art of Bi-Location: Sylvia Townsend Warner; M.Ellmann Exemplary Intermodernists; K.Bluemel PART II: CULTURAL HIERARCHY The Feminine Middlebrow Novel; N.Humble Women and Comedy; S.Blanch The Woman's Historical Novel; D.Wallace Crime Fiction; C.Kaplan PART III: GENDERED GENRES Poetry 1920-45; J.Dowson Drama 1920-1945; R.D'Monté The Woman Journalist; C.Clay PART IV: THE MOBILE WOMAN Welsh, Scottish, and Irish Women Writers; K.Gramich Women's Writing in the Second World War; G.Plain Women Writing Empire; L.Regan Myths of Passage: Paris and Parallax; T.Young Women Writing the City; D.Longworth Bibliography Electronic Resources Index

Über Autor(innen)

Sophie Blanch Lecturer In English Literature, University Of Surrey, UK
Catherine Clay Senior Lecturer In English, Nottingham Trent University, UK
Rebecca D'monté Senior Lecturer, University Of The West Of England, UK
Jane Dowson Reader In Twentieth-Century Literature, De Montfort University, UK
Maud Ellmann Randy L. And Melvin R. Berlin Professor Of The Development Of The Novel In English, University Of Chicago, USA
Jane Goldman Reader In English Literature, University Of Glasgow, UK
Katie Gramich Professor In English Literature, Cardiff University, UK
Nicola Humble Professor Of English, Roehampton University, UK
Cora Kaplan Professor Emerita Of English, Southampton University, UK
Deborah Longworth Senior Lecturer, University Of Birmingham, UK
Gill Plain Professor, St Andrews University, UK
Lisa Regan Lecturer In English Literature, University Of Gloucestershire, UK
Bonnie Kime Scott Professor Of Women's Studies, San Diego State University, USA
Diana Wallace Professor Of English Literature, University Of Glamorgan, UK
Tory Young Senior Lecturer, Anglia Ruskin University, UK