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Pamela Hansford Johnson: A Writing Life
Deirdre David
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Description for Pamela Hansford Johnson: A Writing Life
Hardcover. This crisply written biography traces the successful writing life of Pamela Hansford Johnson (1912-1981) from the time of her childhood, through her tumultuous relationship with Dylan Thomas, to her death as the widow of the novelist and popular intellectual C. P. Snow. Hers was a rich, courageous, and politically committed writing life. Num Pages: 352 pages, 22 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Deirdre David traces the successful writing life of Pamela Hansford Johnson (1912-1981) from the time of her childhood growing up in a theatrical household in South London to her death as the widow of the novelist and popular intellectual C. P. Snow. Forced to leave school at sixteen, she trained as a shorthand typist, worked for four years in the mid 1930 for a West End Bank, and conducted a tumultuous romance with the then 19-year old poet Dylan Thomas. Thomas having persuaded her she would become a better novelist than a poet she published a scandalous first novel ... Read more
Deirdre David traces the successful writing life of Pamela Hansford Johnson (1912-1981) from the time of her childhood growing up in a theatrical household in South London to her death as the widow of the novelist and popular intellectual C. P. Snow. Forced to leave school at sixteen, she trained as a shorthand typist, worked for four years in the mid 1930 for a West End Bank, and conducted a tumultuous romance with the then 19-year old poet Dylan Thomas. Thomas having persuaded her she would become a better novelist than a poet she published a scandalous first novel ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198729617
SKU
V9780198729617
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Ref
99-1
About Deirdre David
After a long career teaching Victorian literature and publishing books about the British novel, Victorian women intellectuals, and writing about the empire, Deirdre David became a biographer. She is the author of Olivia Manning: A Woman at War (OUP, 2013).
Reviews for Pamela Hansford Johnson: A Writing Life
This biography is a valuable resource, particularly for those with a special interest in women writers. ... Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty; general readers.
C. L. Bandish, CHOICE
David's biography is a thorough, clearly structured, chronological account of Hansford Johnson's career, works, and reception, which does indeed restore to us fully both her writing and detailed ... Read more
C. L. Bandish, CHOICE
David's biography is a thorough, clearly structured, chronological account of Hansford Johnson's career, works, and reception, which does indeed restore to us fully both her writing and detailed ... Read more