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Loving arms : British women writing the Second World War / Karen Schneider.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schneider, Karen, 1948- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- World War, 1939-1945--Great Britain--Literature and the war.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Women and literature--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Women and literature.
- English literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
- War stories, English--History and criticism.
- War stories, English.
- World War, 1914-1918--Women--Great Britain.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (232 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1997.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- Loving Arms examines the war-related writings of five British women whose works explore the connections among gender, war, and story-telling. While not the first study to relate the subjects of gender and war, it is the first within a growing body of criticism to focus specifically on British culture during and after World War II.Evoking the famous ""St. Crispin's Day"" speech from Henry V and then her own father's account of being moved to tears on V-J Day because he had been too young to fight, Karen Schneider posits that the war story has a far-reaching potency. She admits -- perhaps for a
- Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Narrating War; 1 Discerning the Plots; 2 Inscribing An/Other Story: Katharine Burdekin, Stevie Smith, and the Move toward Rebellion; 3 Double-Voiced Discourse: Elizabeth Bowen's Collaboration and Resistance; 4 Re-Plotting the War(s): Virginia Woolf's Radical Legacy; 5 A Different Story: Doris Lessing's Great Escape; Coda: As Time Goes By; Notes; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780813160108
- 0813160103
- 9780813181806
- 0813181801
- 9780813161341
- 0813161347
- 9780813170688
- 0813170680
- OCLC:
- 47010503
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