Encyclopedia of British Womens Writing 19001950 [Hardcover]

This study provides a comprehensive and wide-ranging resource which includes information on many previously neglected British women writers (novelists, poets, dramatists, autobiographers) and topics. It provides contextualizing material, with concise introductions to related topics, including organizations, movements, genres and publications.Acknowledgements List of Contributors Encyclopedia Entries Appendixes Pseudonyms Minor Writers Timeline Annotated Bibliography Indexes Authors Topics

'This is a worthwhile and timely project, which provides a companion to recent scholarship in this area... It is delightful to come across generous quotations from such a diversity of writers... It is in recovering such forgotten writers that this book excels.' - Felicity James, Times Literary Supplement

'This encyclopedia is a rich and interesting read, busy with cross-references and topic entries that encourage further contextual explorations.' - Diana Wheeler, Feminist Collections: A Quarterly of Women's Studies Resources

RICHARD ALDRICH Institute of Education, University of London, UKANN ALSTON University of the West of England, UKMARIE AASKHAM Anglia Ruskin University, UKNICOLA BEAUMAN Persephone Press, London, UKCAITRIONA BEAUMONT London South Bank University, UKKATHLEEN BELL DeMontfort University, UKKRISTIN BLUEMEL Monmouth University, USAERICA BROWN Sheffield Hallam University, UKSEBASTIEN CHAPLEAU Cardiff University, UKLAURA CHRISTIE Roehampton University, UKGLADYS MARY COLES University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University, UKSTELLA DEEN State University of New York at New Paltz, USAJANE DOWSON DeMontfort University, UKALICE ENTWISLTE University of Glamorgan, UKROBIN EDWARD FEENSTRA McGill University, CanadaBENJAMIN F. FISHER University of Mississippi, USAJANE GARRITY University of Colorado at Boulder, USAJUDY GILES York St. John College, UKSTACY GILLIS University of Newcastle, UKROB GOSSEDGE Cardiff University, UKDEBORAH GORl34