Freedom, Sincerity, and the Modern Woman in the Interwar Romances of Berta Ruck
Berta Ruck’s interwar romance novels address contemporary anxieties about the changing role of women in Britain after 1918. Ruck’s novels focus both on the modern woman in contrast to the Victorian woman, and the extent to which modernity and the new freedoms wrought by the First World War emancipat...
Main Author: | Bonnie White |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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International Association for the Study of Popular Romance (IASPR)
2022-02-01
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Series: | Journal of Popular Romance Studies |
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Online Access: | https://www.jprstudies.org/2022/02/freedom-sincerity-and-the-modern-woman-in-the-interwar-romances-of-berta-ruck/ |
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