Alison Light

Forever England

Femininity, Literature and Conservatism Between the Wars

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Shows how ideas of nation identity were bound up with notions of femininity and private life during the period between the wars. Alison Light looks at a range of writers from Ivy Compton-Burnett and Daphne du Maurier to Agatha Christie.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 156mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 466g
• ISBN-13: 9780415861892
• ISBN-10: 0415861896
• Artikelnr.: 37332151

Autorenporträt

Alison Light

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1 The demon in the house: the novels of I. Compton-Burnett
Chapter 2 Agatha Christie and conservative modernity
Chapter 3 'Peace in our time': Mrs. Miniver
Chapter 4 Daphne du Maurier's romance with the past Afterword
Appendix: Mrs. Miniver writes to The Times
Notes
Bibliography Index