Nesbitt, Jennifer Poulos.

Narrative Settlements : Geographies of British Women's Fiction Between the Wars. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (157 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Narrative Settlements -- 1. The Act of Passing By: Walking, the City Novel, and Its Subjects -- 2. The Production of Sexuality in the Country House Novel -- 3. Subjunctive Spaces and Subjects: Male Bodies and the Plots of Imperialism -- 4. Settling for Less or Bargaining for More? Regional Novels and the Body Politics of Englishness -- Epilogue: End Papers -- Notes -- Work Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- W -- Y -- Z.

Nesbitt provides not only attentive readings of literature during this contentious time, but a convincing argument for looking beyond modernism to locate the significance of interwar literary production.

9781442677548


English fiction-Women authors-History and criticism.
English fiction-20th century-History and criticism.
Women and literature-Great Britain-History-20th century.
Feminism and literature-History-20th century.
Setting (Literature).
Women in literature.
Place (Philosophy) in literature.


Electronic books.

PR888.W6 N47 2005

823/.9120922