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Rebel Writers: The Accidental Feminists: Shelagh Delaney - Edna O'Brien - Lynne Reid-Banks - Charlotte Bingham - Nell Dunn - Virginia Ironside - Marga by Celia Brayfield
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Rebel Writers: The Accidental Feminists: Shelagh Delaney • Edna O’Brien • Lynne Reid Banks • Charlotte Bingham • Nell Dunn • Virginia Ironside • Margaret Forster
by Celia Brayfield is a biographical study of the early woem writers who challenged the preconceived ideas of the role of women in society.
The book is divided into three sections; An introduction; Part One Seven Writers and Part Two Out Into the World.
The Introduction speaks of how the seven writers, listed in the title, all shared feelings of a need to revolt against their expecetd destiny – to marry, look after their husbands needs, cater for their children etc. Despite coming from different classes, backgrounds, the women all wrote of this wish in their writings, often through humour but also frequnetly with a sense of dispair. Brayfield details their backgrounds and writings(s), along with any connections between the women. And how society of the time reacted to their writings, with their contemporaries begin to acknowledge that there was a lack of female presentation in litertature – and in particular for the female viewpoint.
A fascinating literary criticsm of seven writers, whom we now recogise as havign documented important aspects of women’s lives and how they empowered the women coming after them.
by Celia Brayfield is a biographical study of the early woem writers who challenged the preconceived ideas of the role of women in society.
The book is divided into three sections; An introduction; Part One Seven Writers and Part Two Out Into the World.
The Introduction speaks of how the seven writers, listed in the title, all shared feelings of a need to revolt against their expecetd destiny – to marry, look after their husbands needs, cater for their children etc. Despite coming from different classes, backgrounds, the women all wrote of this wish in their writings, often through humour but also frequnetly with a sense of dispair. Brayfield details their backgrounds and writings(s), along with any connections between the women. And how society of the time reacted to their writings, with their contemporaries begin to acknowledge that there was a lack of female presentation in litertature – and in particular for the female viewpoint.
A fascinating literary criticsm of seven writers, whom we now recogise as havign documented important aspects of women’s lives and how they empowered the women coming after them.