num_pages: 301
description: Lively, incisive account of the representation of women and children in war fiction, keen to expose humbug and deplore cliché, but to praise wit and sensitivity. First World War writers included are Berta Ruck, Evadne Price, Enid Bagnold, Rebecca West, Winifred Holtby, Vera Brittain, Brenda Girvin, Bessie Marchant, among others.
language: English
title: Women and Children First: The Fiction of Two World Wars
titlecomplete: Women and Children First: The Fiction of Two World Wars
ratings_count: 4
publisher: Victor Gollancz