Catherine Cookson country : on the borders of legitimacy, fiction, and history / edited by Julie Anne Taddeo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Taddeo, Julie Anne.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cookson, Catherine--Criticism and interpretation.

Cookson, Catherine.

Criticism and interpretation.

England, North East--In literature.

England, North East.

Physical Description:

xx, 221 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2012]

Summary:

Overdue, this study focuses on the prolific, best-selling author Catherine Cookson (1905-1998), who published 100-plus novels set in England's industrial North East and was widely read in the late 20th century. Eleven contributions discuss her themes, her readers, and the social and cultural context of her writings and her legacy. Taddeo (history, U. of Maryland) has gathered together work from academics in the disciplines of literature, history, the media, and sociology, who are based in the UK, North America, and Australia. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Introduction/ Julie Anne Taddeo and Tabitha Sparks

Pt. 1. Literary paradigms and (il)legitimacy

Illegitimate histories: rape and illegitimacy in the novels of Catherine Cookson/ Diana Wallace

Lineage as destiny in Catherine Cookson's Our Kate: reprising the Victorian orphan tale/ Tabitha Sparks

"Love has as many facets as a bursting star": narrative and tolerance in the Black velvet gown/ Deborah Denenholz Morse

Catherine Cookson, Pierre Bourdieu, and the division of the literary field/ Bridget Fowler

Pt. 2. Catherine Cookson and her readers

Translating and conveying the damaging childhood in Our Kate/ Jo Parnell

Catherine Cookson's Mary Ann novels: the working-class experience of social and religious change in twentieth century North East England/ Mavis Aitchison

Loving the wingless bird: Cookson's wounded heroes and their readerly appeal/ Julie Anne Taddeo

Pt. 3. Cookson in context: the north east, social history, and the culture industry

Romancing the North East: fantasies of class in the regional novels of Catherine Cookson, 1950-1960/ John Fordham

The fifteen streets: representations of Irish identity in Catherine Cookson's early novels/ D.A.J. MacPherson

The Catherine Cookson television adaptation cycle: production, reception, and heritage/ James Leggott

On the Cookson trail: heritage, fiction, and personality tourism/ Lee Barron.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781409405801

140940580X

OCLC:

761334769