Ivy : : The Life of I. Compton-Burnett / / Hilary Spurling.
A biography of the life and family of Ivy Compton-Burnett, a 20th century British novelist.
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CUP eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub) |
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1986] ©1986 |
Year of Publication: | 1986 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Part One. Ivy When Young 1884-1919 -- Ι. Parents And Grandparents 'Fools, Imbeciles, Idiots And Donkeys' -- II. 1884-1896 'I Was a Child of Passion' -- III. 1897-1901 'No Good Can Come of It' -- IV. James Compton Burnett 'It Darkened the Day' -- V. Katharine Compton Burnett 'A Figure in Tragedy' -- VI. 1902-1911 'Always Secret and Very Dark' -- VII. 1911-1915 'Are We Going to be Broad and Wicked?' -- VIII. 1915-1919 'It Quite Smashed My Life Up' -- Part Two. Secrets of a Woman's Heart 1920-1969 -- IX. 1920-1929 'Not One of Those Modern People' -- Χ. 1930-1936 'Playing Second Fiddle' -- ΧΙ. Margaret Jourdain 'No Point in Being too Greek' -- XII. Ivy 'A Woman of Blameless Character' -- XIII. 1937-1939 'Well, and in Swaffham Bulbeck!' -- XIV. 1940-1945 'When War Casts its Shadow, I Find That I Recoil' -- XV. 1946-1951 'Truth is so Impossible. Something Has to be Done for It' -- XVI. 1952-1959 'The English Secret' -- XVII. 1960-1969 'One of Nature's Dames' -- Appendices -- Genealogical Tree -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index |
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Summary: | A biography of the life and family of Ivy Compton-Burnett, a 20th century British novelist. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780231884785 9783110442489 |
DOI: | 10.7312/spur91650 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Hilary Spurling. |