War, Nation and Europe in the Novels of Storm Jameson

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Cooper, Katherine (2020) War, Nation and Europe in the Novels of Storm Jameson. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9781350094437

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Abstract

The novels of Storm Jameson and their depictions of Britain's relationship to Europe around the Second World War represent a crucial departure from the work of her contemporaries. As the first female President of English PEN, Jameson led her country's wartime literary community through turbulent times in history by focusing on European – rather than pointedly British – experiences of war. War, Nation and Europe in the Novels of Storm Jameson is a timely critique situated within the historical and theoretical contexts so fundamental to understanding her work. Presenting previously unpublished archival material that documents her work as an ambassador for British writers during a time of national upheaval, Katherine Cooper reveals how the novelist's pacifism and evolving attitudes to war and peace were underpinned by her overarching vision for the post-war world. Drawing comparisons to the works of Virginia Woolf, Arthur Koestler, Graham Greene and others, this study shows how Jameson's novels gesture towards prevalent internationalist perspectives and reshapes how we view the literary history of the period.

Item Type:	Book
Uncontrolled Keywords:	women's writing,world war two,war,feminism,nation,citizenship,sdg 5 - gender equality,sdg 16 - peace, justice and strong institutions ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/gender_equality
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Modern and Contemporary Writing Research Group
Related URLs:	https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/war-nation...
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	08 Sep 2020 00:00
Last Modified:	01 Oct 2021 00:37
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/76796
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