TY  - BOOK
AU  - Raz,Orna
TI  - Social Dimensions in the Novels of Barbara Pym, 1949-1963: the Writer as Hidden Observer
SN  - 9780773411821
AV  - PR6066.Y58 Z83 2007eb
U1  - 823.914 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Lewiston
PB  - Edwin Mellen Press
KW  - Pym, Barbara
KW  - Pym, Barbara.
KW  - Literature and society
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Literature and history
KW  - Women and literature
KW  - Littérature et société
KW  - Grande-Bretagne
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 20e siècle
KW  - Littérature et histoire
KW  - Femmes et littérature
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM
KW  - European
KW  - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - English
KW  - hilcc
KW  - Languages & Literatures
KW  - English Literature
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-206) and index; Title Page; Copyright Page; Raz; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; "Out of Touch with Life": Representation of the Post-War Church; "Daring and Romish": Anglo-Catholicism in the Novels; "An Unselfish and Tireless Worker": Women and the Church; "Going up to Oxford": Women's Higher Education; "Clearly Labelled": Women's Roles; "Dreary Cosiness": Domestic Life; "One of Those": Ambiguous Treatment of Male Sexuality; "The Sympathy of Other Women": Personal Friendship between Women; "Change is a Bad Thing": On Pym's Social Commentary; Bibliography; Index; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2011
N2  - This study considers the six novels written by English novelist, Barbara Pym (1913-1980), between 1949 and 1963, which demonstrate the response of a specific class of people, represented by her heroines, to the dramatic social, cultural and demographic changes that took place in Britain at the time. Treating Pym's 1950s novels as social-historical sources, this work attempts to analyze the way in which her portrayals of society, like those of so many other English writers, served both as a testimonies and critiques of the times in which she lived. The focal point of Pym's novels was the intera
UR  - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=464105
ER  -