| Sex, Social Purity and Sarah Grand Contributor(s): Heilmann, Ann (Editor), Forward, Stephanie (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415214106 ISBN-13: 9780415214100 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $2095.94 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2000 Annotation: Eminently successful in the female magazine and fiction markets of the 1890s, Sarah Grand's work, with its mingling of the sensational and the conventional, enabled the general public to experiment with advanced ideas while providing her New Woman contemporaries with a popular vehicle for the articulation of their demands. In addition to reprinting Grand's hard-to-find journalistic and lesser-known fictional writings, this important new collection also features valuable biographical material and previously unpublished manuscript sources. This rich source for scholarly research includes: - Volume One contains Grand's journalism and the contemporary critical reception of her work. - Volume Two, focusing mostly on the 1920s-30s, includes letters which shed light on Grand's genesis as a writer and her interaction with 1890s artistic and feminist circles. - Volume Three contains a selection of short stories from three collections published at and after the turn of the century. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Women - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 00035277 |
| Series: History of Feminism |
| Physical Information: 4.5" H x 5.75" W x 8.9" (12.00 lbs) 1616 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Sarah Grand was one of the most prominent New Women of the 1890s and a notable social purity feminist and suffragist. This collection offers important insights into the full range of her journalistic output and lesser-known fictional writings. It also makes available biographical and autobiographical material, and previously unpublished manuscript sources. The first volume reproduces Grand's articles and the contemporary critical reception of her work. The letters in volume two, written mostly in the 1920s and 1930s, shed light on Grand's genesis as a writer and her interaction with 1890s artistic and feminist circles. The third and fourth volumes contain a selection of short stories from three collections published at and after the turn of the century. These comment on some of the explosive issues of that time: feminism, decadence, eugenics, class, race and war. They also reflect Grand's exploration of the interplay between gender and genre. |