This book follows the figure of ‘the clever girl’ from the post-war to the present and focuses on the fiction, plays and memoirs of contemporary British women writers. Spurred on by an ethic of merito
Major changes in the social and political landscape of Britain since 1970 engendered the proliferation and diversification of literature by women and resulted in a radical challenge to dominant concep
This book maps the most active and vibrant period in the history of British women's writing. Examining changes and continuities in fiction, poetry, drama, and journalism, as well as women's engagement
