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The Woman's Historical Novel : British Women Writers, 1900-2000 /

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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 developmen...

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Main Author: Wallace, Diana (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Subjects:
Literature.
British and Irish Literature.
Fiction.
Gender Studies.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
British literature.
Gender expression.
Gender identity.
Literature, Modern > 20th century.
Sex (Psychology)
Sociology.
Electronic books.
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XIII, 269 pages)
ISBN:9780230505940
DOI:10.1057/9780230505940