The New Old Woman of the 1930s: Aging and Women’s History in Woolf, Sackville-West, and Holtby

In the decade following the victory of the Franchise Act of 1928, Virginia Woolf, Vita Sackville-West, and Winifred Holtby all wrote novels representing older female protagonists as active, vital, critical thinkers. Working against the backdrop of the over-determined meanings of youth and age create...

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Main Author: Glenn Clifton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Franklin University Switzerland 2016-12-01
Series:Intervalla : Platform for Intellectual Exchange
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Online Access:https://www.fus.edu/intervalla-files/vol4/3-GC.pdf