Overview

Scottish novelist Jane Duncan's semiautobiographical My Friends series was dismissed by postwar critics as lightweight, at a time when a coterie of ""angry young men"" monopolized the attention of the British publishing establishment. Yet deeper themes are at play in the 19 novels. Modern readers will recognize feminist motifs, a wide-ranging examination of women's education and work in the 20th century, a woman's view of the rising societal tensions of the 1920s and 1930s, and an outsider's perspective on the racial divide in the soon-to-be-independent West Indies. This book explores Duncan's body of work, out of print for decades, though sought by loyal fans. Her characters run the gamut--drunken tinkers, Lowland housewives, Irish miners, members of the London fast set and English marchionesses, all portrayed with telling detail. Her novels--two of them recently reprinted for a new generation--reveal a charming and perceptive recorder of the changes Great Britain underwent in the past century.

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Author:   Rita Elizabeth Rippetoe
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.263kg
ISBN:  

9780786498871

ISBN 10:   0786498870
Pages:   196
Publication Date:   14 March 2017
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Preface A Note on Language deleteJane Duncan’s Works Part I: Jane Duncan: The Writer and Her Work deleteWho Was Jane Duncan? delete“Love Is the Law”: Sexuality and Convention delete“You Have to Work”: Women’s Labor deleteArchaean Schist in a Volcanic World: Geography from a Reachfar Perspective delete“Not Like Us”: Race and Ethnicity deleteFrom Tinker to Toff: Ranking the Friends delete“The Sun Never Sets”—Until It Does delete“Take No Notice”: Illness and Disability Among Friends deleteMuch Beloved but Soon Forgotten: Critical Reception of Duncan’s Novels Part II: Guides to the Novels deleteMy Friends the Miss Boyds deleteMy Friend Muriel deleteMy Friend Monica deleteMy Friend Annie deleteMy Friend Sandy deleteMy Friend Martha’s Aunt deleteMy Friend Flora deleteMy Friend Madame Zora deleteMy Friend Rose deleteMy Friend Cousin Emmie deleteMy Friends the Mrs. Millers deleteMy Friends from Cairnton deleteMy Friend My Father deleteMy Friends the Macleans deleteMy Friends the Hungry Generation deleteMy Friend the Swallow deleteMy Friend Sashie deleteMy Friends the Misses Kindness deleteMy Friends George and Tom Appendix A: Major Characters Appendix B: Scots Vocabulary Works Cited Index

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Rita Elizabeth Rippetoe is an independent scholar of genre fiction, with an emphasis on detective fiction. She has written on a variety of subjects, including the works of John le Carré, Dorothy Sayers, and William Faulkner. She lives in Orangevale, California.

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