Willa Cather, Katherine Mansfield, Edith Wharton and Virginia Woolf are only a few literary luminaries among the vast number of women who wrote about World War I. But their ranks also include more ordinary writers, who felt compelled to write about their often extraordinary experiences - as nurses, ambulance drivers, munitions workers and more - during the war. This text explores the literary, social and psychological themes that emerge from the writing of women from all walks of life. Their diaries, letters, newspaper and ...
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Willa Cather, Katherine Mansfield, Edith Wharton and Virginia Woolf are only a few literary luminaries among the vast number of women who wrote about World War I. But their ranks also include more ordinary writers, who felt compelled to write about their often extraordinary experiences - as nurses, ambulance drivers, munitions workers and more - during the war. This text explores the literary, social and psychological themes that emerge from the writing of women from all walks of life. Their diaries, letters, newspaper and magazine pieces, short stories and novels document their powerful and complex response to what remains one of the most tumultuous periods in history.
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Seller's Description:
This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 550grams, ISBN: 9780805788587.