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1 online resource (223 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Title Page; Copyright Page; Raz; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; "Out of Touch with Life": Representation of the Post-War Church; "Daring and Romish": Anglo-Catholicism in the Novels; "An Unselfish and Tireless Worker": Women and the Church; "Going up to Oxford": Women's Higher Education; "Clearly Labelled": Women's Roles; "Dreary Cosiness": Domestic Life; "One of Those": Ambiguous Treatment of Male Sexuality; "The Sympathy of Other Women": Personal Friendship between Women; "Change is a Bad Thing": On Pym's Social Commentary; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
This study considers the six novels written by English novelist, Barbara Pym (1913-1980), between 1949 and 1963, which demonstrate the response of a specific class of people, represented by her heroines, to the dramatic social, cultural and demographic changes that took place in Britain at the time. Treating Pym's 1950s novels as social-historical sources, this work attempts to analyze the way in which her portrayals of society, like those of so many other English writers, served both as a testimonies and critiques of the times in which she lived. The focal point of Pym's novels was the intera. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-206) and index. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Pym, Barbara -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Pym, Barbara. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Literature and society. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
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20th century |
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Literature and history -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Literature and history. |
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Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Women and literature. |
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1900 - 1999 |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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Print version: Raz, Orna. Social Dimensions in the Novels of Barbara Pym, 1949-1963 : The Writer as Hidden Observer. Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2007 9780773453876 |
| ISBN |
9780773411821 (electronic book) |
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0773411828 (electronic book) |
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9780773453876 |
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0773453873 |
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