Alison Light

Forever England (eBook, PDF)

Femininity, Literature and Conservatism Between the Wars

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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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. August 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135629847
• Artikelnr.: 39478362

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