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Anderby Wold

Author : Winifred Holtby
Publisher : Virago
ISBN 13 : 0748130926
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book Anderby Wold written by Winifred Holtby and published by Virago. This book was released on 2011-06-02 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary Robson is a young Yorkshire woman, married to her solid, unromantic cousin, John. Together they battle to preserve Mary's neglected inheritance, her beloved farm, Anderby Wold. This labour of love - and the benevolent tyranny of traditional Yorkshire ways - have made Mary old before her time. Then into her purposeful life comes David Rossitur, red-haired, charming, eloquent: how can she help but love him? But David is a young man from a different England, radical and committed to social change. As their confrontation and its consequences inevitably unfold, Mary's life and that of the calm village of Anderby are changed forever.

Corruption in Urban Politics and Society, Britain 1780–1950

Author : John Smith
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351948318
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)

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Download or read book Corruption in Urban Politics and Society, Britain 1780–1950 written by John Smith and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite much recent interest in the area of urban governance, little work has been done on the changing ethical standards of urban leaderships, 'governing' institutions or the policing of public life. Yet the issue of ethical standards in public life has become a central concern in contemporary public discourse; with issues of public probity, moral order and personal standards re-emerging as central features of political debate. This volume places these debates into their historical perspective by examining the linkages between processes of 'modernisation', urbanisation and the ethical standards of governance and public life. It considers how ethical debates arise as a result of differential access to positions of authority and from competition for public resources. The contributions are drawn from a wide range of scholarly and disciplinary backgrounds and provide a broad analysis of the phenomenon of corruption, assessing how debates about corruption arose, the narratives used to criticise established modes of public conduct and their consequences for urban leadership.

Winifred Holtby's Social Vision

Author : Lisa Regan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317322908
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Winifred Holtby's Social Vision written by Lisa Regan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winifred Holtby (1898–1935) is best-known today for her friendship with fellow feminist and pacifist Vera Brittain and for her last novel, South Riding. This is the first monograph to provide a literary criticism of Holtby’s social philosophy and presents in-depth readings of all her major works as well as some of her less well-known writing.

Modernity and the English Rural Novel

Author : Dominic Head
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107039134
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Modernity and the English Rural Novel written by Dominic Head and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-04-07 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book re-evaluates the rural English novel in the twentieth century in relation to the recognised artistic responses to modernity. It argues that the most important writers in this tradition have had a very significant bearing on the trajectory of English cultural life through the modernist period and beyond.

The English Countryside Between the Wars

Author : Paul Brassley
Publisher : Boydell Press
ISBN 13 : 9781843832645
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (326 download)

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Download or read book The English Countryside Between the Wars written by Paul Brassley and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organised into sections on society, culture, politics and the economy, and embracing subjects as diverse as women novelists and village crafts, this book argues that almost everywhere we look in the countryside between the wars there were signs of new growth and dynamic development.

The Clear Stream

Author : Marion Shaw
Publisher : Virago
ISBN 13 : 1405514779
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (55 download)

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Download or read book The Clear Stream written by Marion Shaw and published by Virago. This book was released on 2012-01-19 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winifred Holtby was a prolific journalist and writer whose most famous work South Riding is on many university courses. She was an active campaigner for several progressive causes during the inter-war period such as pacifism, feminism and most important to her, racial equality and harmony in South Africa. She was the subject of Vera Britain's Testament of Friendship. She was essentially a 'woman in her time' and yet could also be seen as an index to many of the progressive movements which were around in the pre-war days and in this sense she was indeed a 'clear stream'. Written in a wonderfully accessible style interspersed with excellent research as well as warmth from one born in the same district as Winifred herself this is the definitive biography of a woman ahead of her time.

Modernism and Physical Illness

Author : Peter Fifield
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192559346
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)

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Download or read book Modernism and Physical Illness written by Peter Fifield and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-07-08 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: T. S. Eliot memorably said that separation of the man who suffers from the mind that creates is the root of good poetry. This book argues that this is wrong. Beginning from Virginia Woolf's 'On Being Ill', it demonstrates that modernism is, on the contrary, invested in physical illness as a subject, method, and stylizing force. Experience of physical ailments, from the fleeting to the fatal, the familiar to the unusual, structures the writing of the modernists, both as sufferers and onlookers. Illness reorients the relation to, and appearance of, the world, making it appear newly strange; it determines the character of human interactions and models of behaviour. As a topic, illness requires new ways of writing and thinking, altered ideas of the subject, and a re-examination of the roles of invalids and carers. This book reads the work five authors, who are also known for their illness, hypochondria, or medical work: D. H. Lawrence, Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot, Dorothy Richardson, and Winifred Holtby. It overturns the assumption that illness is a simple obstacle to creativity and instead argues that it is a subject of careful thought and cultural significance.

Poems and Verse of Winifred Holtby

Author : Antony Webb
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443845612
Total Pages : 85 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book Poems and Verse of Winifred Holtby written by Antony Webb and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01-16 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book was conceived after reading Vera Brittain’s Testament of Youth and Testament of Friendship. Winifred Holtby died very early after suffering from Bright’s Disease – renal failure – aged only 37 in 1935. Into these years, she crammed more than most people achieve in an average life. She was a kind, gentle and very generous person; she had a strong belief in equality of sex, race and status, and was a very strong feminist. She became a Director of the feminist newspaper Time and Tide. She wrote several novels, the most famous being South Riding. During her life, she also wrote many poems but they were not published, apart from 16 in a very small book called Frozen Earth and Other Poems (1935). The Poems and Verse of Winifred Holtby captures the majority of her poetical works, which point to periods in her life, including the WAAC during 1918, (“Trains in France”); her time in South Africa in 1928 (“Hills of the Transvaal”); and the problems she had with Harry Pearson, her “boy friend that isn’t a boyfriend” (“The Dead Man,” “Epilogue to Romance,” “The Robber” and “The Grudging Ghost”). The span of the poems range from examples of her early work (“Namely Only” and “Sad Ascension Day”), which should appeal to children and young adults; to “The Debt,” which describes Winifred’s feeling of the debt she thought she owed to life, which gives the reader an idea of the caring person that she was; through to one poignant poem which she wrote towards the end of her life, “The Valley of Shadows,” which is a poem of love and thankfulness and shows the debt she considered she owed to her close friend Vera Britttain.

Labour and the Countryside

Author : Clare V. J. Griffiths
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191536970
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book Labour and the Countryside written by Clare V. J. Griffiths and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2007-05-10 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The common reputation of the British Labour Party has always been as 'a thing of the town', an essentially urban phenomenon which has failed to engage with the rural electorate or identify itself with rural issues. Yet during the inter-war years, Labour viewed the countryside as a crucial electoral battleground - even claiming that the party could never form a majority administration without winning a significant number of seats across rural Britain. Committing itself to a series of campaigns in rural areas during the 1920s and 30s, Labour developed a rural and often specifically agricultural programme on which to attract new support and members. Labour and the Countryside takes this forgotten chapter in the party's history as a starting point for a fascinating and wide-ranging re-examination of the relationship between the British Left and rural Britain. The first account of this aspect of Labour's history, this book draws on extensive research across a wide variety of original source material, from local party minutes and trade union archives to the records of Labour's first two periods in government. Historical, literary, and visual representations of the countryside are also examined, along with newspapers, magazines, and propaganda materials. In reconstructing the contexts within which Labour attempted to redefine itself as a voice for the countryside, the resulting study presents a fresh perspective on the political history of the inter-war years.

Testament of Youth

Author : Vera Brittain
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 664 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Testament of Youth written by Vera Brittain and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 1979-01-01 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Testament of Youth by Mark Bostridge is a compelling memoir that chronicles the experiences of Vera Brittain, a young British woman during World War I. Through her powerful and poignant account, Brittain provides a firsthand perspective on the devastating impact of war on individuals and society. Key Points: The memoir offers a deeply personal portrayal of the effects of war on both the soldiers on the front lines and the women left behind, highlighting the physical and emotional toll of the conflict. Brittain's narrative explores themes of loss, grief, and resilience, as she confronts the challenges of war and strives to find purpose and meaning in the face of tragedy. Testament of Youth is a moving testament to the human spirit and a call for peace, serving as a powerful reminder of the enduring consequences of war and the importance of remembrance.

Vera Brittain and the First World War

Author : Mark Bostridge
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1408188457
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Vera Brittain and the First World War written by Mark Bostridge and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-12-04 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vera Brittain and the First World War tells the remarkable story of the author behind Testament of Youth whilst charting the book's ascent to become one of the most loved memoirs of the First World War period. Such interest is set to expand even more in this centenary year of the war's outbreak. In the midst of her studies at Oxford when war broke out across Europe, Vera Brittain left university in 1915 to become a V.A.D (Voluntary Aid Detachment) nurse, treating soldiers in London, Malta and Etaples in France. The events of the First World War were to have an enormous impact on her life. Four of Brittain's closest friends including her fiancé Roland Leighton and her brother Edward Brittain MC were killed in action, sparking a lifelong commitment to pacifism. In 1933 she published Testament of Youth, the first of three books dealing with her experience of war. In equal measures courageous, tragic and deeply fascinating, Testament of Youth is one of the most compelling and important works of war literature ever to have been written by a British woman. Mark Bostridge's Vera Brittain and the First World War, published to coincide with the film of Testament of Youth, explores the effects of the First World War on Vera Brittain, both in terms of her personal life and in terms of its effect on her development as a writer and her eventual decision to become a pacifist. Taking advantage of the interest generated by the film, it will bring her story to a new generation and incorporate the most up-to-date research. It will also include a short essay 'From Book to Film', describing the process of turning Testament of Youth into a major feature film. This will include interviews with the production staff and actors, as well as with members of Vera Brittain's family, including Shirley Williams. The film, which has been scripted by Juliette Towhidi and is being produced by BBC Films and Heyday Films, the makers of Harry Potter, is currently in production. Alicia Vikander (Anna Karenina) stars as Brittain, with Kit Harington (Game of Thrones, Pompeii) playing her fiancé Roland Leighton.

South Riding - An English Landscape

Author : Winifred Holtby
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1528790308
Total Pages : 534 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (287 download)

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Download or read book South Riding - An English Landscape written by Winifred Holtby and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2020-05-26 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “South Riding” is a 1936 novel by Winifred Holtby, published posthumously. Set in fictional South Riding in Yorkshire, England, it revolves around the lives of young headmistress Sarah Burton, unhappy husband Robert Carne of Maythorpe Hall, socialist Joe Astell, and Alderman Mrs Beddows. Winifred Holtby (1898 – 1935) was an English novelist and journalist, best known for her novel South Riding. She was, an passionate feminist, socialist and pacifist and was a member of the feminist Six Point Group. Holtby's fame was derived mainly from her journalism, including articles for the feminist journal 'Time and Tide', but she also wrote 14 books. These include six novels; two volumes of short stories; the first critical study of Virginia Woolf (1932) and "Women and a Changing Civilization" (1934), a feminist survey with opinions that are still relevant. This classic work is being republished now in a new edition with specially curated introductory material.

The Politics of 1930s British Literature

Author : Natasha Periyan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350019860
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Politics of 1930s British Literature written by Natasha Periyan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-06-14 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on a rich array of archival sources and historical detail, The Politics of 1930s British Literature tells the story of a school-minded decade and illuminates new readings of the politics and aesthetics of 1930s literature. In a period of shifting political claims, educational policy shaped writers' social and gender ideals. This book explores how a wide array of writers including Virginia Woolf, W.H. Auden, George Orwell, Winifred Holtby and Graham Greene were informed by their pedagogic work. It considers the ways in which education influenced writers' analysis of literary style and their conception of future literary forms. The Politics of 1930s British Literature argues that to those perennial symbols of the 1930s, the loudspeaker and the gramophone, should be added the textbook and the blackboard.

Aftermaths of War

Author : Ingrid Sharp
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004191720
Total Pages : 455 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Aftermaths of War written by Ingrid Sharp and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-02-14 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of essays provides the first major comparative study of the role played by women’s movements and individual female activists in enabling or thwarting the transition from war to peace in Europe in the crucial years 1918 to 1923.

Between Friends

Author : Elaine Showalter
Publisher : Virago
ISBN 13 : 034901227X
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book Between Friends written by Elaine Showalter and published by Virago. This book was released on 2022-11-03 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The letters between Vera Brittain, author of Testament of Youth, and Winifred Holtby, author of South Riding, tell the story of an extraordinary friendship 'Touching and inspiring' RACHEL COOKE, Observer 'Lively, perceptive' MIRANDA SEYMOUR, Literary Review 'A beautiful collection' DAISY DUNN, Sunday Times 'A moving unvarnished chronicle' Sarah Watling, Telegraph From the time when they met at Somerville College, Oxford, until Winifred's early death at the age of thirty-seven, they wrote constantly, encouraging and advising each other, even through periods as literary rivals as they negotiated envy and self-doubt. Vera decisively influenced Winifred's passion for feminism and peace and Winifred gave Vera crucial support, fiercely believing in her literary gifts. Their letters, written from 1920 to 1935, kept them 'continuously together'.

Mandoa, Mandoa!

Author : Winifred Holtby
Publisher : Virago
ISBN 13 : 0748130896
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book Mandoa, Mandoa! written by Winifred Holtby and published by Virago. This book was released on 2011-06-02 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'One of the exciting books of this period . . . it strikes a wholly new note in the catalogue of books about Africa' KIRKUS REVIEWS Mandoa is a small African state: at its head a Virgin Princess, conceiving (immaculately) further princesses. The old traditions remain undisturbed until Mandoa's Lord High Chamberlain, Safi Tala, visits Addis Ababa. There he discovers baths and cocktail shakers, motor cars and cutlery from Sheffield, telephones and handkerchiefs. In short, he has seen an apocalyptic vision - a new heaven and a new earth. Meanwhile in England it is 1931. Maurice Durrant, youngest director of Prince's Tours Limited, has won North Donnington for the Conservatives. His socialist brother Bill is unemployed and their friend Jean Stanbury loses her job on The Byeword, a radical weekly paper. How all three, and others too, find themselves in Mandoa for the wedding of the Royal Princess to her Arch-archbishop is hilariously told in this wonderful satirical novel, first published in 1933.

Winifred Holtby, “A Woman In Her Time”

Author : Lisa Regan
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443818240
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book Winifred Holtby, “A Woman In Her Time” written by Lisa Regan and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2009-12-14 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winifred Holtby, “A Woman In Her Time”: Critical Essays brings together for the first time a range of scholarly perspectives on one of Britain’s best-loved regional authors. Remembered for her vivid portrayal of 1930s rural Yorkshire in her final novel, South Riding (1936) and for her friendship with Vera Brittain, Winifred Holtby (1898-1935) has become a key figure for those interested in British literature, politics, and culture between the wars. Epitomising the professional independence and political passion which we have come to associate with the newly emancipated women of her era, Holtby’s was a life devoted to myriad causes and directed to the pressing issues of her day. With fresh perspectives on Holtby’s better known novels alongside new critical forays into her short stories, drama, journalism, and historical writing, Winifred Holtby, “A Woman In Her Time” sheds new light on a woman who not only spoke out in support of feminism, peace, and racial equality at a time when fascism and war loomed, but who also shared with us her views on a wide spectrum of topical concerns from Virginia Woolf, D.H. Lawrence, H. G. Wells, psychology, spinsters, mothers, and the B.B.C., to her delight in clothes, films, and village gossip.