Angela John

Evelyn Sharp

Rebel Woman, 1869-1955

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Produktbeschreibung

This is the first biography of a remarkable writer and incorrigible rebel. Evelyn Sharp's story encapsulates the shifts in opportunities for talented Victorian women who survived into the mid-twentieth century. She was born into a privileged family in 1869 and became a very popular writer of schoolgirl fiction. Extremely versatile, she also produced fairy tales alongside stories for the infamous 'Yellow Book'. A Manchester Guardian journalist for over four decades, Evelyn Sharp became the first regular contributor to its iconic Women's Page. Before and during the First World War she was a leading suffragette, editing the newspaper, 'Votes for Women'. This biography draws on Evelyn Sharp's publications, as well as letter and diaries vividly describing experiences such as famine relief in Soviet Russia and daily life in wartime Kensington for and elderly woman. It will be of interest to gender and social historians as well as to those interested in children's and women's literature.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 145mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9780719080142
• ISBN-10: 0719080142
• Artikelnr.: 26572177

Autorenporträt

Angela V. John is Honorary Professor of History at Aberystwyth University

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Abbreviations Evelyn Sharp's Life
Introducing the Rebel Woman 1 From Evie to Becky Sharp 2 Writing for the
young 3 Fellow traveller: meeting Henry Nevinson 4 Words in Deed: women's
suffrage 5 Working with war 6 The relief of peace: in Weimar Germany 7
Irish Rebels 8 Somewhere in Russia: fiction and famine 9 Still rebelling:
women, writing and politics in the 1920s 10 The Child Grows Up: configuring
childhood in the inter-war years 11 Defying time and the times 12 War and
widowhood: Chipping Campden and Kensington Appendix 1 Evelyn Sharp's major
publications Appendix 2 The Cheap Holiday. A short story by Evelyn Sharp.