Women's Writing 1945-1960: After the Deluge - Hardcover

by J. Dowson (Editor)

Women's fiction, poetry, drama and non-fiction represent the complex nexus of continuity and change in the British consciousness following the Second World War. These essays restore the cultural and literary significance of women as readers and writers, examining their various transmutations of international, national and domestic politics. The women-centred writing illuminated in this collection also enhances the tradition-in-process of twentieth-century women's literature. Writers discussed include Iris Murdoch, Doris Lessing, Muriel Spark, Agatha Christie and Stevie Smith.

Author Biography

KATHLEEN BELL Senior Lecturer in English, De Montford University, UK JOHN BRANNIGAN College Lecturer in English, University College Dublin JULIA BRIGGS Professor of English Literature, De Montford University, UK ALICE ENTWHISTLE Lecturer, University of the West of England, UK KATE FULBROOK Professor of Literary Studies and Associate Dean, Faculty of Humanities, University of the West of England, UK TAMMY GRIMSHAW In her final year of doctoral studies, School of English, University of Leeds, UK CLARE HANSON Professor of English, Loughborough University, UK MARY JOANNOU Senior Lecturer in English and Women's Studies, Anglia Polytechnic University, UK ELIZABETH MASLEN Senior Research Fellow, Institute of English Studies, University of London LINDEN PEACH Professor of Modern Literature and Head of the School of Humanities, University of Gloucestershire, UK SARAH SCEATS Senior Lecturer, Kingston University, London CLAIRE TYLEE Senior Lecturer, Brunel University, UK DIANA WALLACE Lecturer in English, University of Glamorgan, UK SUSAN WATKINS Senior Lecturer in English Literature, School of Cultural Studies, Leeds Metropolitan University