Dearest Jean

Rose Macaulay’s Letters to a Cousin

AvMartin Smith

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

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These lively and candid letters from Rose Macaulay to her first cousin Jean Smith are previously unknown. Macaulay was one of the most versatile, successful, and significant writers in the first half of the twentieth century, Smith a talented but diffident and depressive poet who was briefly an Anglican nun before converting to Roman Catholicism. The letters throw fascinating and often amusing light not only on the writer’s private life, unconventional character, and varied career, but also on the lively literary and social circles in which she moved. They are essential reading for all interested in British literary culture and women’s writing.

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Utgivningsdatum:2011-05-01
Mått:156 x 234 x 33 mm
Vikt:692 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:360
Förlag:Manchester University Press
ISBN:9780719085215

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“These ‘new’ letters … illuminate the writer’s life and career, and the literary and social scene, especially in the years that followed the First World War.”Sir Simon Jenkins“Offers fascinating insights into the 20th-century cultural scene.”Choice“Full of previously buried treasure.”A.N. Wilson“A valuable addition to our knowledge of Macaulay.”TLS“Sparkles with wit … highly recommended.”English Studies“Superbly edited.”The Tablet“Wonderfully expansive notes … decorate the letters like illuminated miniatures.”Church Times

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List Of IllustrationsAbbreviationsEditor’s PrefaceAcknowledgementsChronologyIntroductionI. Rose Macaulay: The First Half Of Her Life1. The Daughter Who Was Not A Boy. (1881-1894)2. Growing Wings. (1894-1903) 3. The Valley Captive. (1903-1906)4. The Secret River. (1906-1914)5. War And Love. (1914-1919)II. Jean Smith1. The Consul’s Daughter. (1891-1911)2. Cambridge. (1911-1915)3. Munitions And Sugar. (1916-1919)4. Helicon And The Isis. (1919-1926) 5. Canterbury Or Rome? (1926-1938)6. War, Duty, And Darkness. (1939-1960)7. “Lead, Kindly Light”. (1961-1979)The LettersAppendicesI. Rose Macaulay’s Birth And First WeeksII. “Ash Wednesday 1941”BibliographyI. Works By Rose MacaulayII. Books About Rose MacaulayKey To First NamesFamily TreesI. The Family Of Rose MacaulayII. The Family Of Jean SmithIndex