{"product_id":"evelyn-sharp-rebel-woman-18691955-9780719080159","title":"Evelyn Sharp Rebel Woman 18691955","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA biography of Evelyn Sharp, a writer and a incorrigible rebel. It draws on Evelyn Sharp's publications, as well as letter and diaries describing experiences such as famine relief in Soviet Russia and daily life in wartime Kensington for an elderly woman. It is suitable for those interested in children's and women's literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a fascinating account of a forgotten feminist. Evelyn Sharp was an 1890s 'new woman' who became a militant suffragette before 1914 and became renowned both as a journalist and children's writer. Angela V. John's lucid and scholarly biography brings her back into view, illuminating the social and political history of her era while skilfully weaving into the story Sharp's long, secret love affair with the Guardian journalist she eventually married - Henry Nevinson.  Professor Shelia Rowbotham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations\u003cbr\u003eEvelyn Sharp’s Life\u003cbr\u003eIntroducing the Rebel Woman\u003cbr\u003e1 From Evie to Becky Sharp \u003cbr\u003e2 Writing for the young      \u003cbr\u003e3 Fellow traveller: meeting Henry Nevinson\u003cbr\u003e4 Words in Deed: women’s suffrage\u003cbr\u003e5 Working with war\u003cbr\u003e6 The relief of peace: in Weimar Germany\u003cbr\u003e7 Irish Rebels\u003cbr\u003e8 Somewhere in Russia: fiction and famine\u003cbr\u003e9 Still rebelling: women, writing and politics in the 1920s\u003cbr\u003e10 The Child Grows Up: configuring childhood in the inter-war years\u003cbr\u003e11 Defying time and the times\u003cbr\u003e12 War and widowhood: Chipping Campden and Kensington\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 1 Evelyn Sharp’s major publications\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 2 The Cheap Holiday. A short story by Evelyn Sharp.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037324083543,"sku":"9780719080159","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/evelyn-sharp-rebel-woman-18691955-9780719080159","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}