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"An inward necessity" : the writer's life of Lucas Malet / Patricia Lorimer Lundberg.
Van Pelt Library PR4759.H42 Z75 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lundberg, Patricia Lorimer, 1944-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Malet, Lucas, 1852-1931.
- Malet, Lucas.
- Novelists, English--19th century--Biography.
- Novelists, English.
- Novelists, English--20th century--Biography.
- Women and literature--England--History--19th century.
- Women and literature.
- England.
- History.
- Women and literature--England--History--20th century.
- Feminists--Great Britain--Biography.
- Feminists.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 522 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Peter Lang, [2003]
- Contents:
- 1. Who Is Lucas Malet? Her Legacy, in Retrospect 1
- 2. Youth, 1852-76: Mary St. Leger Kingsley and Her Circle 29
- 3. Marriage, 1876: Mary St. Leger Harrison's Failed Experiment 65
- 4. Lucas Malet's Birth As a Writer: Mrs. Lorimer, 1882 81
- 5. Clovelly Years, 1883-88: Recognition in Colonel Enderby's Wife, Little Peter, A Counsel of Perfection and Essays 95
- 6. A New George Eliot? "The Progress of Women in Literature" and the Birth of Greatness, 1888-90 127
- 7. Creating Controversy: The Wages of Sin and Consequences of Failed Marriage, 1890-96 137
- 8. The Supernatural: Carissima and The Gateless Barrier, 1896-1900 181
- 9. Birthing a Masterpiece, 1901: The History of Sir Richard Calmady 227
- 10. Ease and Malaise, 1902-6: Conversion and "Threatened Re-subjection of Women" 263
- 11. The Major Years, 1906-11: The Far Horizon, The Score, The Golden Galleon, Adrian Savage 297
- 12. The Later Years, 1912-19: War Losses, Damaris and Deadham Hard 345
- 13. Surviving Downward Motion, 1920-23: The Tall Villa, Stories, and The Survivors 383
- 14. Dogged by Want, 1924-31: The Dogs of Want, Death, and The Private Life of Mr. Justice Syme 411
- 15. Aftermath: The Bitter Struggle of Lucas Malet's Heir, Gabrielle Vallings 443.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [469]-502) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0820468088
- OCLC:
- 52311937
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