{"product_id":"the-making-of-barbara-pym-oxford-the-war-years-and-post-war-austerity-hardcover","title":"The Making of Barbara Pym: Oxford, the War Years, and Post-War Austerity - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEmily Stockard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Making of Barbara Pym offers new insights into Pym's formative years as a writer, during which she honed a complex view of the necessity of change on individual and cultural levels. Supported by newly published archival material, this comprehensive study of Pym's early work explores her personal and fictional pre-war and wartime writing, including unpublished and posthumously published works, before looking closely at Some Tame Gazelle and Excellent Women, published during Britain's post-war austerity period. Of central importance is a new recognition of Pym's use of social roles, particularly those of women, as proper avenues for change. The book traces how Pym came to devise characters whose individual development can be seen as analogous to or representative of larger cultural movements. Pym uses the spinster figure to embody the forward-looking cultural perspectives that she endorsed and then, finally, in Jane and Prudence, to figure the end of Britain's austerity period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It is always a treat to welcome a new book about Barbara Pym, especially one that is written so well: free of what Henry James referred to as the 'shackles of theory, ' aimed at the general literate reader, and above all, delivered passionately in the author's own voice. A generous helping of extracts from Pym's notebooks and commonplace book, heretofore unpublished, along with new insights into the early years of the developing writer, offer a fresh perspective from which Prof. Stockard explores 'change' as an important developing theme. \u003ci\u003eThe Making of Barbara Pym: Oxford, the War Years, and Post-War \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eAusterity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis a fine book on many levels.\"\u003c\/p\u003e--Dale Salwak, Professor of English, Citrus College, USA and editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Life and Work of Barbara Pym\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Making of Barbara Pym\u003c\/i\u003e offers new insights into Pym's formative years as a writer, during which she honed a complex view of the necessity of change on individual and cultural levels. Supported by newly published archival material, this comprehensive study of Pym's early work explores her personal and fictional pre-war and wartime writing, including unpublished and posthumously published works, before looking closely at \u003ci\u003eSome Tame Gazelle\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eExcellent Women\u003c\/i\u003e, published during Britain's post-war austerity period. Of central importance is a new recognition of Pym's use of social roles, particularly those of women, as proper avenues for change. The book traces how Pym came to devise characters whose individual development can be seen as analogous to or representative of larger cultural movements. Pym uses the spinster figure to embody the forward-looking cultural perspectives that she endorsed and then, finally, in \u003ci\u003eJane and Prudence\u003c\/i\u003e, to figure the end of Britain's austerity period.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmily Stockard\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of English at Florida Atlantic University, USA. A graduate of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, she has taught classes in British literature, from Chaucer to the 18\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century. She has published on 16\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e and 17\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e-century poetry and drama and, most recently, on Denton Welch and Barbara Pym.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmily Stockard\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of English at Florida Atlantic University, USA. A graduate of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, she has taught classes in British literature, from Chaucer to the 18\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century. She has published on 16\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e and 17\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e-century poetry and drama and, most recently, on Denton Welch and Barbara Pym.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 234\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 11, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51785231761696,"sku":"9783030838676","price":194.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/53836297b8a137b8a38e6ec298eb2196.webp?v=1780613456","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-making-of-barbara-pym-oxford-the-war-years-and-post-war-austerity-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}