The creators [[electronic resource] /] / by May Sinclair ; edited by Lyn Pykett

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910813682503321
• Autore: Sinclair May
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Birmingham, : University of Birmingham Press, 2004
• ISBN: 1-281-29551-5; 9786611295516; 1-84714-246-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (400 p.)
• Collana: Late Victorian and early Modernist women writers
• Altri autori (Persone): PykettLyn
• Disciplina: 823/.912
• Soggetti: English fiction; English literature
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Series Editors' Introduction; Introduction; Sinclair's life and work; The Creators; A note on the genesis of the novel, the choice of text, and editorial procedures; Works cited and further reading; The Creators; Endnotes
• Sommario/riassunto: May Sinclair was the pseudonym of Mary Amelia St. Clair (1862-1946), a popular British writer. She was known for two dozen novels, short stories and poetry. She was an active suffragist, and member of the Woman Writers' Suffrage League. She was also a significant critic, in the area of modernist poetry and prose; the term stream of consciousness, in its literary sense, is attributed to her. From 1896 she wrote professionally, to support herself and her mother, who died in 1901. She treated a number of themes relating to the position of women, and marriage. She also wrote nonfiction based on st