Brave new causes
Subtitle: women in British postwar fictions
By: Deborah Philips and Ian Haywood.
Contributors: Haywood, Ian, 1958-
Publisher: Leicester University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: London; Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 171
Subjects: English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Feminism and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.; Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.; English fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism.; Working class women in literature.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Influence.; Women employees in literature.; Women in literature.
Description: This work represents a major remapping of the literary history of the 1950s. It reveals the importance of women, hitherto underestimated, in postwar society. Also, it offers a reinterpretation of many familiar texts of the period.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [156]-162) and index.