Vagabond Fictions : : Gender and Experiment in British Women’s Writing, 1945-1970 / / Carole Sweeney.
Examines British women’s experimental writing in historical contexts, 1945–1970The first detailed literary history of women’s experimental writing in post-war BritainProvides a detailed historical overview combined with close critical readings and complemented by an extensive bibliography of primary...
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