Walter Lionel George
is rather more noncommital in his comments on Willow's Forge than on SKS
's novels.
George, Walter Lionel. A Novelist on Novels. W. Collins Sons.
116-17
Literary responses
Sheila Kaye-Smith
This novel brought critical and popular acclaim. SKS
said that the weeks following its appearance were some of the happiest of her life.
Walker, Dorothea. Sheila Kaye-Smith. Twayne.
85
The Times Literary Supplement notice began: No matter what fine work...
Material Conditions of Writing
Sheila Kaye-Smith
She began writing it after Sussex Gorse, but the pressure of the war caused her to set it aside until she had finished The Challenge to Sirius (which George
found tired and flat)
George, Walter Lionel. A Novelist on Novels. W. Collins Sons.
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Intertextuality and Influence
Sheila Kaye-Smith
W. L. George
persuaded her to set this book in Sussex (instead of the Channel Island setting she was planning) on grounds of her identification with Sussex in the public mind.
Anderson, Rachel, and Sheila Kaye-Smith. “Introduction”. Joanna Godden, Dial, p. xi - xviii.
xiv-xv
When he further...
Literary responses
Sheila Kaye-Smith
W. L. George
did not care for the finished form of the heroine he had suggested: he found her a too much of a virago.
Anderson, Rachel, and Sheila Kaye-Smith. “Introduction”. Joanna Godden, Dial, p. xi - xviii.
xv
The novel has been much admired by critics. Four...