Women Writing Modern Fiction: A Passion for Ideas
Description
Many women writers in twentieth-century Britain were fascinated by the individual thought processes of their characters. Women Writing Modern Fiction draws connections between the works of authors such as Elizabeth Bowen, Dorothy L. Sayers, Olivia Manning, Iris Murdoch and A.S. Byatt, who dramatize darkness in wartime, gothic terror, madness and romantic betrayal, yet celebrate the triumph of rationality and 'The Higher Common Sense'. With irony, detachment, wit and high intelligence, they bring us acrobatic tales of the mind.
Keywords
ENGLISH FICTION_HISTORY AND CRITICISM_20TH CENTURYWOMEN AND LITERATUREMODERNISM (LITERATURE)ENGLISH FICTION_WOMEN AUTHORS
2003Book
Author(s)Janice Rossen
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9780333614204
LanguageEnglish
