Anita Brookner
, in the Times Literary Supplement in 1980, called FWone of the most astute and distinctive women writing fiction today,
Contemporary Authors: New Revision Series. Gale Research, 1981–2024, Numerous volumes.
63: 444
while writer John Braine
has called her a natural novelist.
Halio, Jay L., editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 14. Gale Research, 1982–1983.
14: 759
Occupation
Elizabeth Jenkins
After the war EJ
was poor enough to be glad to take up an offer from Victor Gollancz
to read manuscripts submitted to the firm. In this capacity she was proud both of picking out...
Textual Production
Nell Dunn
The critical opinion that ND
belonged to the school of Angry Young Men associated her with Alan Sillitoe
, John Osborne
, and John Braine
.
Drabble, Margaret, and Nell Dunn. “Introduction”. Poor Cow, Virago, 1988, p. xi - xvi.
ix
The fact that these were each, in different...
Timeline
1951: The title of Leslie Allen Paul's memoirs,...
Writing climate item
1951
The title of Leslie Allen Paul
's memoirs, Angry Young Man, provided the term Angry Young Men, applied in newspapers and then by critics to a group of largely working-class, socially rebellious, young...
Early 1957: John Braine's novel Room at the Top was published...
Writing climate item
Early 1957
John Braine
's novel Room at the Top was published by Gollancz
after eight rejections, on the advice of Elizabeth Jenkins
in her capacity as publisher's reader.