May Sinclair

Mary Olivier: a Life (eBook, ePUB)

Exploration of female autonomy and identity in the early 20th century British society

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Mary Olivier: A Life is a groundbreaking modernist novel that details the life of the titular character, Mary Olivier, as she navigates the societal expectations and constraints placed upon women in the early 20th century. May Sinclair's innovative narrative style, which includes stream-of-consciousness techniques and introspective observations, showcases her literary prowess and deep psychological insights. The novel is considered a feminist classic for its examination of female identity and autonomy. Set against the backdrop of the suffrage movement and changing social norms, Mary Olivier: A Life stands out for its poignant depiction of a woman's inner struggles and external challenges.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Good Press
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 4057664587688
• Artikelnr.: 58436573

Autorenporträt

May Sinclair (1863-1946) was the daughter of a rigidly dogmatic Christian woman and a failed shipowner who took to the bottle. She attended Cheltenham Ladies' College, where she began a lifelong study of philosophy, finding in the works of Plato, Spinoza, and Kant a refuge from the religion in which she had been raised. In 1904 her novel The Divine Fire was a best seller in America, and helped to make her reputation in England, where she became known not only for her own vividly imagistic and psychologically complex fiction but also for championing a range of challenging new writers. She presented Ezra Pound to Ford Madox Ford, encouraged the work of Charlotte Mew, protested the banning of D.H. Lawrence's The Rainbow, wrote an early appreciation of T.S. Eliot's Prufrock and Other Observations , and--in a review of Dorothy Richardson's Pilgrimage--introduced the term "stream of consciousness" into critical parlance. A member of the Women Writers Suffrage League, the Aristotelian Society, and the first group to practice Freudian analysis in England, May Sinclair was the author of poems, stories, essays, two works of philosophy, and twenty-four novels, of which Mary Olivier: A Life was her favorite. Katha Pollitt is a poet, essayist, and columnist for The Nation. She is the author of a book of poems, Antarctic Traveller, and two prose collections, Reasonable Creatures: Essays on Women and Feminism and Subject to Debate: Sense and Dissents on Women, Politics, and Culture.