An Unsettled Spirit: The Life and Frontier Fiction of Edith Lyttelton
Language: English
Published by Auckland University Press, 2003
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320 pages. A critical biography of the popular 1920s novelist G. B. Lancaster (the pen n ame of Edith Lyttleton), this book tells the moving story of her life and work. Sturm paints a fascinating picture of the harsh experience of a woman writer in the first half of the 20th century whose economic circumstances shaped much of h er output but who struggled nonetheless to move beyond the limits of potboilers toward more serious and original work. Editorial Reviews About the Author Terr y Sturm is a professor of English at the University of Auckland and the editor o f The Oxford History of New Zealand Literature. He was the chairman of the New Z ealand Literary Fund Advisory Committee and later the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Co uncil's Literature committee.
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- Title
- An Unsettled Spirit: The Life and Frontier Fiction of Edith Lyttelton
- Author
- Terry Sturm
- Publisher
- Auckland University Press
- Publication year
- 2003
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1869402944
- ISBN 13
- 9781869402945
- Dimensions
- 22.5cm x 15.5cm
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Book Express (NZ)
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