20th-century writing
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domestic fiction
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feminist criticism
interwar literature
mid-century literature
political fiction
postcolonialism
spatial analysis
women's writing
World War II
Product details
- ISBN 9781526195517
- Weight: 357g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 20 Jan 2026
- Publisher: Manchester University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The traditional narrative of the mid-century (1930s-60s) is that of a wave of expansion and constriction, with the swelling of economic and political freedoms for women in the 1930s, the cresting of women in the public sphere during the Second World War, and the resulting break as employment and political opportunities for women dwindled in the 1950s when men returned home from the front. But as the burgeoning field of interwar and mid-century women’s writing has demonstrated, this narrative is in desperate need of re-examination. Mid-century women's writing: Disrupting the public/private divide aims to revivify studies of female writers, journalists, broadcasters, and public intellectuals living or working in Britain, or under British rule, during the mid-century while also complicating extant narratives about the divisions between domesticity and politics.
Melissa Dinsman is Associate Professor of English at York College, CUNY
Megan Faragher is Professor of English at Wright State University–Lake Campus
Ravenel Richardson is Executive Director of the Strategic Partnerships and Research Collaborative at Case Western Reserve University
