Elizabeth Von Arnim : beyond the German garden / Isobel Maddison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maddison, Isobel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Von Arnim, Elizabeth, 1866-1941--Criticism and interpretation.

Von Arnim, Elizabeth.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (298 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Isobel Maddison examines Elizabeth von Arnim's writing in its historical and intellectual contexts, establishing her early work as a significant contribution to British anti-invasion literature and her later writing to the weighty political issues of the day. Considered a serious, and satiric, author during her own time, von Arnim emerges here as a writer whose fine writing and complex and compelling narrative style reward close analysis.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Biographical Preface; Introduction 'Artful Necklaces'; 1 'Scourgers and Scavengers of Society': Elizabeth von Arnim and the Critics; 2 The 'German' Novels: Elizabeth and Her German Garden, The Solitary Summer and Christine; 3 'Worms of the Same Family': Elizabeth von Arnim and Katherine Mansfield; 4 Revenge, Lampoon and Litigation: Vera; 5 Love, Marriage, Expiation; 6 An Afterlife in Moving Images: The Enchanted April and Mr Skeffington; Afterword; Appendix; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-315-57909-X

1-317-14506-2

1-317-14505-4

1-4094-1168-0

9781315579092

OCLC:

841809954