{"product_id":"elizabeth-bowen-1","title":"Elizabeth Bowen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(85, 85, 85, 1)\"\u003eThis study provides a concise, up to date critical account of Elizabeth Bowen''s work, setting it in the turbulent historical, political and social contexts in which she lived and wrote.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(85, 85, 85, 1)\"\u003e Heather Ingman discusses Bowen''s ten novels as well as her numerous short stories, her essays, reviews, interviews and broadcasts in order to give readers an idea of the range and diversity of her work. Bowen is recognised as one of the foremost short story writers of the twentieth century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(85, 85, 85, 1)\"\u003eRecent scholarship has reshaped the way we view Bowen - taking her out of the previously confining categories of Big House novelist, middlebrow woman''s novelist, heir to Bloomsbury etc., in order to portray the sheer diversity and unnerving perspicacity of her work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(85, 85, 85, 1)\"\u003eThe focus of this study is on her Irish background as a guiding thread through interpretation of her work. It draws on recent research and linking these to the complexities of her Anglo-Irish identity. Feminist theories of female identity, writing and motherhood also feature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(85, 85, 85, 1)\"\u003eThe consolidation of Bowen''s reputation as one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century has been achieved by scholars working in different fields and employing a variety of theoretical models. This study aims to capture the diversity of possible approaches to reading Bowen while also highlighting current gaps in our knowledge. Though the richness and complexity of Bowen''s fiction make impossible any single ideological reading of her work, the Irish resonances in her work are pursued throughout the chapters.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(85, 85, 85, 1)\"\u003e Bowen''s novels included \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"color: rgba(85, 85, 85, 1)\"\u003eThe Hotel \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(85, 85, 85, 1)\"\u003e(1927), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"color: rgba(85, 85, 85, 1)\"\u003eThe Last September\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(85, 85, 85, 1)\"\u003e (1929), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"color: rgba(85, 85, 85, 1)\"\u003eFriends and Relations \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(85, 85, 85, 1)\"\u003e(1931), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"color: rgba(85, 85, 85, 1)\"\u003eTo the North\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(85, 85, 85, 1)\"\u003e (1932), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"color: rgba(85, 85, 85, 1)\"\u003eThe House in Paris\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(85, 85, 85, 1)\"\u003e (1935), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"color: rgba(85, 85, 85, 1)\"\u003eThe Death of the Heart \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(85, 85, 85, 1)\"\u003e(1938), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"color: rgba(85, 85, 85, 1)\"\u003eThe Heat of the Day\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(85, 85, 85, 1)\"\u003e (1949) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"color: rgba(85, 85, 85, 1)\"\u003eA World of Love\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(85, 85, 85, 1)\"\u003e (1955), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"color: rgba(85, 85, 85, 1)\"\u003eThe Little Girls \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(85, 85, 85, 1)\"\u003e(1964) and her final novel,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"color: rgba(85, 85, 85, 1)\"\u003e Eva Trout\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(85, 85, 85, 1)\"\u003e (1969). Her historical work included \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"color: rgba(85, 85, 85, 1)\"\u003eBowen''s Court\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(85, 85, 85, 1)\"\u003e (1942) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"color: rgba(85, 85, 85, 1)\"\u003eSeven Winters\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(85, 85, 85, 1)\"\u003e (1942).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57316070523262,"sku":"NW9781913087371","price":26.73,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781913087371.jpg?v=1778745743","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/elizabeth-bowen-1","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}