Men and Women Writers of the 1930s: The Dangerous Flood of History

Jan Montefiore

Psychology Press, 1996 - History - 263 pages

Men and Women Writers of the 1930s is a searching critique of the issues of memory and gender during this dynamic decade. Montefiore asks two principle questions; what part does memory play in the political literature of and about 1930s Britain? And what were the roles of women, both as writers and as signifying objects in constructing that literature?
Montefiore's topical analysis of 1930s mass unemployment, fascist uprise and 'appeasement' is shockingly relevant in society today. Issues of class, anti-fascist historical novels, post war memoirs of 'Auden generation' writers and neglected women poets are discussed at length. Writers include:
* George Orwell
* Virginia Woolf
* W.H. Auden
* Storm Jameson
* Jean Rhys
* Rebecca West

Contents

• men and women writing: 43
• images of women in: 81
• women poets: 113
• a reading of some anti: 142
• 113: 228

About the author

Janet Montefiore lectures in English and Women's Studies at the University of Kent. She is the author of Feminism and Poetry: Language, Experience, Identify in Women's Writing (1987, 1994), and of numerous essays on twentieth-century literature and critical theory. She is married and has two children.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Men and Women Writers of the 1930s: The Dangerous Flood of History
• Author: Jan Montefiore
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Psychology Press, 1996
• ISBN: 0415068924, 9780415068925
• Length: 263 pages
• Subjects: History / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century; History / Europe / Great Britain / General; Language Arts & Disciplines / Writing / Authorship; Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Literary Criticism / General; Literary Criticism / Subjects & Themes / Gender Identity; Literary Criticism / Subjects & Themes / General; Literary Criticism / Subjects & Themes / Historical Events; Literary Criticism / Women Authors