Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Literature written between 1945-1975 does not fit easily into dominant critical paradigms, falling between the categories of modernism/ modernity and post-modernism/ post-modernity. However, recent criticism has begun to address this issue and to map the contours of an era which saw both rapid social change and radical literary innovation. This new volume in the History of British Women's Writing series will participate in this reassessment, drawing on new interpretive models which are illuminating the complexities of writing in this period. Moreover, the volume argues that a focus on women's writing, set firmly in its intellectual, material and cultural contexts, is central to defining the period 1945-1975 as a literary period or field of study.
Synopsis
Introduction- Clare Hanson and Susan Watkins.- 1. Post-War Fiction: Realism and Experimentalism: Kaye Mitchell.- 2. Lyric, Narrative and Performance in Poetry: Jane Dowson.- 3 Look Back in Gender: Drama: Gabriele Griffin.- 4. Journalism: Deborah Chambers.- 5. Angry Young Women: Education, Class, and Politics: Mary Eagleton.- 6. Sex, Censorship and Identity: Kerry Myler.- 7. The Second Wave: Leanne Bibby.- 8. The Aftermath of War: Kristin Bluemel.- 9. Responding to the Holocaust: Sue Vice.- 10. Internal Empire: Katie Gramich.- 11. The Transcultural Tryst in Migration, Exile and Diaspora: Sandra Courtman.- 12. 'Witness Literature' in the post-war novels of Storm Jameson and Doris Lessing: Elizabeth Maslen.- 13. Double Trouble: Helen MacInnes's and Agatha Christie's Speculative Spy Thrillers: Phyllis Lassner.- 14. Historical Fictions: Diana Wallace.- 15. Children's Literature: Ideologies of the Past, Present and Future: Catherine Butler.- 16. Science Fiction: Susan Watkins.- Index.