Political and Social Issues in British Women's Fiction, 1928-1968

by E. Maslen

Overview

In Political and Social Issues in British Women's Fiction, 1928-1968 , Elizabeth Maslen reassesses fiction written by women between the granting of universal franchise and the advent of new-wave feminism. Through close readings of a wide range of novels, Maslen analyses how writers chose to represent such issues as pacifism and the threat of fascism, war, race and class, and gender, exploring in the process how the writers' priorities affect their decisions on how to write.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349406241
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	02/20/2001
Edition description:	1st ed. 2001
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

ELIZABETH MASLEN teaches courses on twentieth-century literature at Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London. She has written on Doris Lessing for the British Council series, Writers and their Work, and several articles on such twentieth-century writers as W.H. Auden, George Orwell, Winifred Holtby, Ted Hughes, Naomi Mitchison, and Karol Capek.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction Women's Ways of Writing Wars and Rumours of Wars Marginalities of Race and Class Men, Women, Sex and Gender Women in a Changing Society: Conclusion Primary Sources Select Bibliography Index

Editorial Reviews

Maslen provides academic readers with a useful tool for understanding a difficult period.

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Maslen provides academic readers with a useful tool for understanding a difficult period.

Continuities are the concern of Maslen (20th-century literature, Queen Mary U., London), threads that run through women's fiction during the four decades from the year of universal franchise in Britain to the year of the Paris student's revolt, the Prague spring, and the emergency of new-wave feminism. She focuses on less well known writers rather than on those who have already received considerable critical attention. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Maslen provides academic readers with a useful tool for understanding a difficult period. Choice

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