Margaret Storm Jameson
Subtitle: a life
By: Jennifer Birkett.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 441
ISBN-13: 9780199558209
Subjects: Jameson, Storm, -- 1891-1986; London Centre of the International P.E.N. -- Biography; English Centre of International PEN -- Biography; Women authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography; Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography; Pacifists -- Great Britain -- Biography; Socialists -- Great Britain -- Biography; Feminists -- Great Britain -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Description: "The life of Margaret Storm Jameson (1891-1986), novelist, autobiographer, and political activist, spanned almost the whole of the twentieth century. This book draws on unpublished archive material to tell the story of Jameson's life, and the experiences as daughter, wife, and mother that shaped her personality and her writing career. New research traces the extensive English, European and transatlantic networks that she helped create. Fresh light is cast on her engagement with the important cultural issues of the day: the relationship of culture and society; the interconnections of memory, landscape and culture; the aesthetics of modernity; writing and politics; the nature of the writing subject. Extensive literary-critical analysis indicates the quality and originality of the best of her writing."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [348]-423) and index.