LEADER 03522nam 2200721 450 001 9910455194203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8131-8180-1 010 $a0-8131-6134-7 010 $a0-8131-7068-0 035 $a(CKB)111004368603318 035 $a(EBL)1915602 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000194652 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12030796 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000194652 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10250072 035 $a(PQKB)11332746 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1915602 035 $a(OCoLC)47010503 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse44629 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1915602 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11007319 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL691328 035 $a(OCoLC)900344944 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004368603318 100 $a20150129h19971997 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLoving arms $eBritish women writing the Second World War /$fKaren Schneider 210 1$aLexington, Kentucky :$cThe University Press of Kentucky,$d1997. 210 4$dİ1997 215 $a1 online resource (232 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-322-60046-5 311 $a0-8131-1980-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Narrating War; 1 Discerning the Plots; 2 Inscribing An/Other Story: Katharine Burdekin, Stevie Smith, and the Move toward Rebellion; 3 Double-Voiced Discourse: Elizabeth Bowen's Collaboration and Resistance; 4 Re-Plotting the War(s): Virginia Woolf's Radical Legacy; 5 A Different Story: Doris Lessing's Great Escape; Coda: As Time Goes By; Notes; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z 330 $a Loving Arms examines the war-related writings of five British women whose works explore the connections among gender, war, and story-telling. While not the first study to relate the subjects of gender and war, it is the first within a growing body of criticism to focus specifically on British culture during and after World War II.Evoking the famous ""St. Crispin's Day"" speech from Henry V and then her own father's account of being moved to tears on V-J Day because he had been too young to fight, Karen Schneider posits that the war story has a far-reaching potency. She admits -- perhaps for a 606 $aEnglish literature$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zGreat Britain$xLiterature and the war 606 $aWomen and literature$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aEnglish literature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aWar stories, English$xHistory and criticism 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xWomen$zGreat Britain 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xLiterature and the war. 615 0$aWomen and literature$xHistory 615 0$aEnglish literature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aWar stories, English$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918$xWomen 676 $a820.9/358 700 $aSchneider$b Karen$f1948-$01032756 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455194203321 996 $aLoving arms$92450791 997 $aUNINA