Title: Rebecca West : heroism, rebellion, and the female epic /
Authors: Schweizer, Bernard, 1962-
Publisher: Greenwood Press,
Year: 2002
Subjects: West, Rebecca, Criticism and interpretation.; Feminism and literature England History; Women and literature England History; Feminist fiction, English History and criticism.; Epic literature, English History and criticism.; Criticism England History; Heroines in literature; Women in literature
Abstract: "Rececca West (1892-1983) was a prominent English critic, journalist, and novelist. She contributed to feminist and socialist magazines, had a lengthy relationship with H. G. Wells, and was named Dame of the British Empire in 1959. Her literary reputation declined after 1970 and was revived in the mid-1980s, with the posthumous publication of three novels and a memoir, as well as the reissue of several earlier works. With the violent disintegration of Yugoslavia in the 1990s, West's Black Lamb and Grey Falcon catapulted her into the limelight and brought her wide critical attention. This book offers a much-needed assessment of her literary career."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: Herosim and religious revolt in The Judge -- Female Quests in the Aubrey Trilogy -- Rebecca West's world of ideas -- Black lamb and Grey Falcon: a modern female epic -- "Survivors in Mexico": genesis of an epic fragment -- Heroism and religious revolt in "Survivors in Mexico."