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Women, Literature, and the Arts of the Countryside in Early Twentieth-Century England

Women, Literature, and the Arts of the Countryside in Early Twentieth-Century England

by Judith W. Page and Elise L. Smith
Hardback
Publication Date: 25/03/2021

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Focusing on eight writers and artists, this book examines the centrality of the countryside to women's work, creativity, and aspirations in early-twentieth-century England. The authors introduce us to figures who should be better known today: educators, artists, novelists, poets, and memoirists. Divided into four sections, with foci on professions and education, the transformation of the countryside, arts and crafts, and dislocation and loss, this book by a literature scholar and an art historian brings an interdisciplinary perspective, providing a unique view of women's responses to such major issues of the twentieth century as war, industrialization, modernist ideology, and gender. From Mary Watts's remarkable pottery to Beatrix Potter's work as a children's author and environmentalist to Dora Carrington's haunting paintings and Vita Sackville-West's Sissinghurst Castle Garden, this book challenges readers to rethink the early twentieth century through the lens of their work.
ISBN:
9781108491150
9781108491150
Category:
Literature: history & criticism
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
25-03-2021
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
259x183x20mm
Weight:
0.66kg

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