Rural Hours: The Country Lives Of Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Townsend Warner And Rosamond Lehmann (SIGNED)
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Book: Good
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What does it mean for a woman writer to find herself — truly find herself — in the landscape of the English countryside? Rural Hours: The Country Lives of Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Townsend Warner and Rosamond Lehmann answers this question with breathtaking intimacy, tracing the rural retreats and pastoral lives of three of Britain's most celebrated twentieth-century literary women. Harriet Baker chronicles how the country — its seasons, its silences, its radical remove from the metropolitan world — shaped the creative and personal identities of Woolf, Warner, and Lehmann, uncovering the profound and often surprising ways in which landscape became both refuge and crucible for their art. Baker writes with the precision of a scholar and the sensitivity of a poet, weaving biography, literary criticism, and cultural history into a richly textured tapestry. She argues that the rural was not merely a backdrop to these women's lives but an active, transformative force — one that challenged, sustained, and at times threatened them. Drawing on letters, diaries, and unpublished material, Rural Hours presents an original and deeply compelling portrait of literary creativity rooted in place, leaving the reader to wonder: what other secrets does the English countryside still keep?
Author: Harriet Baker
Format: Hardback
Published: 2024, Allen Lane (an imprint of Penguin Books)
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed
Condition remarks: Some general wear on binding but otherwise good copy.
What does it mean for a woman writer to find herself — truly find herself — in the landscape of the English countryside? Rural Hours: The Country Lives of Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Townsend Warner and Rosamond Lehmann answers this question with breathtaking intimacy, tracing the rural retreats and pastoral lives of three of Britain's most celebrated twentieth-century literary women. Harriet Baker chronicles how the country — its seasons, its silences, its radical remove from the metropolitan world — shaped the creative and personal identities of Woolf, Warner, and Lehmann, uncovering the profound and often surprising ways in which landscape became both refuge and crucible for their art. Baker writes with the precision of a scholar and the sensitivity of a poet, weaving biography, literary criticism, and cultural history into a richly textured tapestry. She argues that the rural was not merely a backdrop to these women's lives but an active, transformative force — one that challenged, sustained, and at times threatened them. Drawing on letters, diaries, and unpublished material, Rural Hours presents an original and deeply compelling portrait of literary creativity rooted in place, leaving the reader to wonder: what other secrets does the English countryside still keep?