The first series was praised by critics but was less than successful in terms of sales. OMbegan to feel that she was neglected as a serious novelist, a view shared by some contemporary writers...
Reception
Vita Sackville-West
Leonard Woolf
(without Virginia to consult with, but with the full support of John Lehmann
) turned down Grand Canyon. So did Heinemann
, for the same reasons: the potential blow to British morale...
Textual Production
Mary Butts
Heinemann
released MB
's second historical novel, Scenes from the Life of Cleopatra.
“Contemporary Authors”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Centre-LRC.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
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Textual Production
Dodie Smith
DS
's novel It Ends with Revelations, about a famous homosexual actor, was published by Heinemann
.
Grove, Valerie. Dear Dodie: The Life of Dodie Smith. Chatto and Windus, 1996.
LH
's last collection of poems, Indian Love, was published posthumously with Heinemann
. As before, the claim that the poems are translations is fictional.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
Textual Production
Clemence Dane
CD
's study appeared first in the US, published by Doubleday, Doran
; the UK edition, published by Heinemann
, did not appear until 1930.
British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.
Textual Production
Elizabeth Robins
ER
, as C. E. Raimond, published her second novel, The New Moon, in Heinemann
's Pioneer series.
John, Angela V. Elizabeth Robins: Staging a Life, 1862-1952. Routledge, 1995.
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Textual Production
Pamela Hansford Johnson
PHJ
published with HeinemannThomas Wolfe
: A Critical Study; it appeared next year in the USA as Hungry Gulliver: An English Critical Appraisal of Thomas Wolfe.
“Contemporary Authors”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Centre-LRC.
Textual Production
Shena Mackay
SM
published with HeinemannDreams of Dead Women's Handbags, her second short-story collection.
British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.
Textual Production
Dodie Smith
The play's unenthusiastic reception was not helped by a 52-minute wait between acts while the performers changed.
Grove, Valerie. Dear Dodie: The Life of Dodie Smith. Chatto and Windus, 1996.
ER
's sensational novel about the white slave trade, Where Are You Going To...?, was published by Heinemann
in Britain.
The title gives a sinister twist to the ballad Where are you going to...
Textual Production
Margaret Kennedy
MK
's second and most successful novel, The Constant Nymph, was published by Heinemann
.
Powell, Violet. The Constant Novelist. W. Heinemann, 1983.
67
Brookner, Anita, and Margaret Kennedy. “Introduction”. The Constant Nymph, Virago, 1983, p. ix - xiv.
ix
Textual Production
Alison Uttley
Heinemann
received from AU
the manuscript of her first book for small children (also the first in her most popular series), The Squirrel, the Hare and the Little Grey Rabbit, published later that year...
Textual Production
Ada Cambridge
In London, the novel was published by William Heinemann
, who issued further editions in 1893, 1895, and 1899.
