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The History of British Women´s Writing, 1880-1920: Volume Seven
Holly A. Laird (Ed.)
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Description for The History of British Women´s Writing, 1880-1920: Volume Seven
Hardback. Editor(s): Laird, Holly A. Series: History of British Women's Writing. Num Pages: 315 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 578.
The ranks of English women writers rose steeply in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, contributing to the era's revolutionary social movements as well as to transforming literary genres in prose and poetry. The phenomena of `the new' - `New Women', `New Unionism', `New Imperialism', `New Ethics', `New Critics', `New Journalism', `New Man' - are this moment's touchstones. This book tracks the period's new social phenomena and unfolds its distinctively modern modes of writing. It provides expert introductions amid new insights into women's writing throughout the United Kingdom and around the globe.
The ranks of English women writers rose steeply in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, contributing to the era's revolutionary social movements as well as to transforming literary genres in prose and poetry. The phenomena of `the new' - `New Women', `New Unionism', `New Imperialism', `New Ethics', `New Critics', `New Journalism', `New Man' - are this moment's touchstones. This book tracks the period's new social phenomena and unfolds its distinctively modern modes of writing. It provides expert introductions amid new insights into women's writing throughout the United Kingdom and around the globe.
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
History of British Women's Writing
Condition
New
Weight
578g
Number of Pages
315
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137393791
SKU
V9781137393791
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Ref
99-15
About Holly A. Laird (Ed.)
Holly A. Laird is Frances W. O'Hornett Chair of Literature and Director of Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Tulsa, USA. She is author of Women Coauthors and numerous articles on Victorian and modern literature, culture, and theory. She edited the prize-winning, international journal Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature for 18 years.
Reviews for The History of British Women´s Writing, 1880-1920: Volume Seven
This is the seventh of ten volumes in a series that aims to give an integrated picture of British women writers' contribution to literature from the medieval period to the present day. ... the most interesting things about this volume is its emphasis on how women's writing from both the margins and the centre, from the local to the global, ... Read more