Bryher : two novels, Development and Two selves / Bryher; introduction by Joanne Winning.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bryher, 1894-1983.

Series:

Living out.

Living out

Standardized Title:

Novels. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Autobiographical fiction, English.

Lesbians--Fiction.

Lesbians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (333 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Bryher (born Annie Winifred Ellerman) is perhaps best known today as the lifelong partner of the poet H.D. She was, however, a central figure in modernist and avant-garde cultural experimentation in the early twentieth century; a prolific producer of poetry, novels, autobiography, and criticism; and an intimate and patron of such modernist artists as Gertrude Stein, Marianne Moore, and Dorothy Richardson. Bryher's own path-breaking writing has remained largely neglected, long out of print, and inaccessible to those interested in her oeuvre. Now, for the first time since their original publication in the early 1920s, two of Bryher's pioneering works of fictionalized autobiography, titled Development and Two Selves, are reprinted in one volume for a new audience of readers, scholars, and critics. Blending poetry, prose, and autobiographical details, Development and Two Selves together constitute a compelling bildungsroman that is among the first ever to follow a young woman's process of coming out. Through the fictionalized character Nancy, the novels trace Bryher's life through her childhood and young adulthood, giving the reader an account of the development of a unique lesbian, feminist, and modernist consciousness. Development and Two Selves recover significant work by one of the first experimenters of the modernist movement and are a welcome reintroduction of the enigmatic Bryher.

Contents:

Intro

Introduction

Development

Preface

Book I: Epic Childhood

Chapter I: The Age of Discovery

Chapter II: History

Chapter III: Heiroglyphics

Chapter IV: Truant with Adventure

Chapter V: Almond Blossom

Chapter VI: April

Book II: Bondage

Chapter I: Tragic Reality

Chapter II: A Captive Year

Book III: Transition

Chapter I: Mirage

Chapter II: "Vers Libre

Chapter III: Barriers

Chapter IV: Salt Water

Chapter V: The Colour of Words

Chapter VI: Visual Imagination

Two Selves

Chapter I. Two Selves

Chapter II. Leopard Gold

Chapter III. Patchwork

Chapter IV. Cherry Pie

Chapter V. Broken Glass

Chapter VI. Peach Jam

Chapter VII. Eleanor

Chapter VIII. Scarlet and Silver

Chapter IX. Rebellion

Chapter X. Snow and Apple Flowers

Chapter XI. Meeting.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-299-16779-8

1-282-73879-8

9786612738791

0-299-16773-9

OCLC:

664571785