Title: Noel Streatfeild
First published: 1994
Description: In this comprehensive analysis of a woman hailed by her fellow Britons as a "National Monument," Nancy Huse argues that Streatfeild's work challenges the status of "girls' books," described in most criticism as ephemeral or constituting a category separate from "great books." Huse attributes the appeal of Streatfeild's books to their contemporary themes and traditional values and finds that in exploring the tensions of heredity and environment Streatfeild anticipated many contemporary questions about the role of women, the structure of the family, and the implications of the class system.
Subjects: Books and reading, Children's stories, English, History and criticism, Criticism and interpretation, Children, History
Places: Great Britain
People: Noel Streatfeild
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: PR6037.T77 Z697 1994