Sisters and rivals in British women's fiction, 1914-39
By: Diana Wallace.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
Subjects: Triangles (Interpersonal relations) in literature.; English fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism.; English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Women and literature -- England -- History -- 20th century.; Women in literature.; Love stories, English -- History and criticism.
Description: "What happens when two women love the same man? How do they negotiate the conflict between the need for sexual fulfilment and their loyalty to the other woman who may be a friend or even a sister? This book examines female rivalry as a distinctive theme in women's fiction.

As Diana Wallace shows the female-identified erotic triangle, where two women are rivals for the same man, is a narrative pattern that had a special resonance for women writers in the 1920s and 1930s, when a population imbalance led to a 'surplus' of women."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-208) and index.
Based on the author's thesis (Ph.D.).