The Woman's Historical Novel

British Women Writers, 1900-2000

• Author(s): D. Wallace,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 269
• ISBN_10: 0230505945
  ISBN_13: 9780230505940
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh , Literary Criticism / Modern / 20th Century , Social Science / Gender Studies , Fiction / General , Literary Criticism / General , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General ,

Description:... The historical novel has been one of the most important forms of women's reading and writing in the twentieth century, yet it has been consistently under-rated and critically neglected. In the first major study of British women writers' use of the genre, Diana Wallace tracks its development across the century. She combines a comprehensive survey with detailed readings of key writers, including Naomi Mitchison, Georgette Heyer, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Margaret Irwin, Jean Plaidy, Mary Renault, Philippa Gregory and Pat Barker.