Women's Writing, 1945-60 After the Deluge

Women's fiction, poetry, drama and nonfiction represent the complex nexus of continuity and change in the British consciousness following the Second World War. These essays restore the cultural and literary significance of women as readers and writers, examining their various transmutations of international, national and domestic politics. The women-centered writing illuminated in this collection also enhances the tradition-in-process of twentieth-century women's literature. Writers discussed include Iris Murdoch, Doris Lessing, Muriel Spark, Agatha Christie and Stevie Smith.Dowson, Jane is the author of 'Women's Writing, 1945-60 After the Deluge', published 2004 under ISBN 9781403913098 and ISBN 1403913099.