Very Great Profession - The Womans'' Novel 1914 -39

Ranging through a variety of themes such as the Great War, the servant problem, psycho-analysis, sexuality and feminism, this work examines their effects upon the characters created by authors as diverse as Virginia Woolf, EM Delafield and Elinor Glyn. It produces a picture of the lives of middle-class women during this period.

Product details

• Authors: Nicola Beauman
• Publisher: Persephone books ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.04.2008
• EAN: 9781903155684
• ISBN: 978-1-903155-68-4
• No. of pages: 408
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Englisch, Zwischen den Weltkriegen (1919 bis 1939 n. Chr.), 1910 bis 1919 n. Chr., Literaturwissenschaft: 1900 bis 2000, Literaturwissenschaft: Prosa, Erzählung, Roman, Autoren