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The Woman’s Historical Novel: British Women Writers, 1900–2000

By Diana Wallace (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year
2005
ISBN
978-0-230-22360-8, 978-0-230-50594-0, 978-1-4039-0322-8
DOI
10.1007/978-0-230-50594-0
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
33 MB (34385247 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
XIII, 269\282
Time added
2016-03-14 21:35:01
British and Irish Literature; Twentieth-Century Li

Description

The historical novel has been one of the most important forms of women's reading and writing in the twentieth century, yet it has been consistently under-rated and critically neglected. In the first major study of British women writers' use of the genre, Diana Wallace tracks its development across the century. She combines a comprehensive survey with detailed readings of key writers, including Naomi Mitchison, Georgette Heyer, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Margaret Irwin, Jean Plaidy, Mary Renault, Philippa Gregory and Pat Barker.

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