Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Winifred Holtby
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Standard Name: Holtby, Winifred
Birth Name: Winifred Holtby
WH
's posthumous reputation is based on her final novel, South Riding, published after her death. During her lifetime, she was better known as a prominent journalist, invited by Virginia Woolf
in February 1935 to write her autobiography for the Hogarth Press
.
Shaw, Marion. The Clear Stream: A Life of Winifred Holtby. Virago.
In 1988 LC
provided an introduction to Virago
's new edition of Winifred Holtby
's South Riding.
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Margaret Haig, Viscountess Rhondda
She included essays previously published in Time and Tide about her travels to far-off places such as Gibraltar, Morocco, Greece, Egypt, and the holy places of the earth:
Margaret Haig, Viscountess Rhondda,. Notes on the Way. Books for Libraries Press.
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Palestine...
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Naomi Jacob
The Library of Congress
holds a collection of her papers. Eleven letters from her are included among Letters in Winifred Holtby
's Collected In-mail
Birkett, Jennifer. Margaret Storm Jameson: A Life. Oxford University Press.
123n53
Jameson, Storm, editor. Challenge to Death. Constable.
prelims
Jameson, Storm. Journey from the North. Harper and Row.
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Margery Lawrence
ML
's ghost stories have been frequently anthologised. They appear in, for instance, Fifty Strangest Stories Ever Told (1937), The Virago
Book of Ghost Stories: The Twentieth Century (1987), and Vampire Stories (1993).
Clute, John, and John Grant, editors. The Encyclopedia of Fantasy. St Martin’s Press.
under Lawrence, Margery
Textual Production
Vera Brittain
VB
published her biography of Winifred Holtby
, Testament of Friendship.
Berry, Paul, and Mark Bostridge. Vera Brittain: A Life. Chatto and Windus.
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Theme or Topic Treated in Text
Una Marson
The poems in this collection are grouped under the three headings of Nature, Love, and Life. Some are inspired by UM
's involvement with British feminists, including a sonnet on the death of Winifred Holtby
Travel
Stella Benson
SB
toured Ireland with her husband
and Winifred Holtby
.
Grant, Joy. Stella Benson: A Biography. Macmillan.