Amy Levy : her life and letters / Linda Hunt Beckman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beckman, Linda Hunt.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Levy, Amy, 1861-1889.

Levy, Amy.

Women and literature--England--History--19th century.

Women and literature.

Jewish women.

England.

History.

Authors, English--19th century--Biography.

Authors, English.

Great Britain.

Jewish women--Great Britain--Biography.

Lesbians--Great Britain--Biography.

Lesbians.

Jews in literature.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 331 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Athens : Ohio University Press, [2000]

Summary:

After a century of critical neglect, poet and writer Amy Levy is gaining recognition as a literary figure of stature.

This definitive biography accompanied by her letters, along with the recent publication of her selected writings, provides a critical appreciation of Levy's importance in her own time and in ours.

As an educated Jewish woman with homoerotic desires, Levy felt the strain of combating the strictures of British society in the 1880s, the decade in which she built her career and moved in London's literary and bohemian circles. Unwilling to cut herself off from her Jewish background, she had the additional burden of attempting to bridge the gap between communities.

In Amy Levy: Her Life and Letters Linda Hunt Beckman examines Levy's writings and other cultural documents for insight into her emotional and intellectual life. This groundbreaking study introduces us to a woman well-deserving of a place in literary and cultural history.

Contents:

2. Childhood and Family 12

3. Brighton High School for Girls 29

4. Newnham College 38

5. Levy's Fictive Selves: The Hungry Poet, "Miss Creak," and "Leopold Leuniger" 58

6. Europe and London: 1881-1885 75

7. Florence, London, and Florence: 1886-1888 116

8. Two Novels: Romance of a Shop and Reuben Sachs 153

9. London: 1889 175

Appendix Letters from Amy Levy, ca. 1870 to August 1889 215.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-319) and index.

ISBN:

0821413295

0821413309

OCLC:

43287325