Description
Book SynopsisThis book studies Penelope Fitzgerald's writing and the compositional method behind it.
Trade Review‘This is a solid contribution to the "Writers and Their Work" series.'
C. Rollyson, CHOICE
Table of ContentsContents
Acknowledgements ix
Biographical Outline xi
Abbreviations and References xiii
Introduction 1
1 Critical Writing 9
2 Biographies 21
Edward Burne-Jones 22
The Knox Brothers 26
Charlotte Mew and Her Friends 32
3 Early Novels 36
The Golden Child 37
The Bookshop 42
Offshore 48
Human Voices 54
At Freddie’s 60
4 Late Novels 67
Innocence 69
The Beginning of Spring 78
The Gate of Angels 87
The Blue Flower 93
5 Short Stories, Poems, Letters 101
6 Reputation and Influence 113
Appendix: Uncollected and Unattributed Poems 118
Notes 120
Select Bibliography 132
Index 143
