Rose Macaulay
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Standard Name: Macaulay, Rose
Birth Name: Emilie Rose Macaulay
was highly prolific, publishing during the earlier half of the twentieth century twenty-three novels and two volumes of poetry, as well as three books of short stories, several historical and travel narratives, and works of literary criticism. Several volumes of her personal letters have been printed. She made many appearances on the
and published scores of articles. Valued perhaps chiefly for its satire and wit, her writing shows impressive political complexity and understanding, and her skill at characterisation is noteworthy. In her early works one may feel that her satire is defensive: that she uses mockery to hold off painful involvement. Her treatment of religious issues and characters demonstrates her long struggle with and engagement in established religion. She continually pokes fun at people heavily invested in causes or movements; but the choice of a cause is one of her favourite topics, sometimes handled with poignancy rather than burlesque.
Timeline
Texts
Macaulay, Rose. A Casual Commentary. Methuen, 1925.
Macaulay, Rose. Abbots Verney. John Murray, 1906.
Macaulay, Rose. And No Man’s Wit. Collins, 1940.
Macaulay, Rose. Catchwords and Claptrap. Hogarth Press.
Macaulay, Rose. Crewe Train. Collins, 1926.
Macaulay, Rose. Dangerous Ages. Collins, 1921.
Macaulay, Rose. Fabled Shore: From the Pyrenees to Portugal. Hamish Hamilton, 1949.
Macaulay, Rose. “Introduction”. Letters to a Friend from Rose Macaulay 1950-52, edited by Constance Babington Smith, Collins, 1968.
Macaulay, Rose. Keeping Up Appearances. W. Collins, 1928.
Macaulay, Rose. Last Letters to a Friend, 1952-1958. Editor Babington Smith, Constance, Collins, 1962.
Macaulay, Rose. Letters to a Friend from Rose Macaulay 1950-1952. Editor Babington Smith, Constance, Fontana, 1968.
Macaulay, Rose. Letters to a Friend, 1950-1952. Editor Babington Smith, Constance, Collins, 1961.
Macaulay, Rose. Letters to a Sister from Rose Macaulay. Editor Babington Smith, Constance, Collins, 1964.
Macaulay, Rose. Milton. Duckworth, 1934.
Macaulay, Rose. Mystery at Geneva. Collins, 1922.
Macaulay, Rose. Non-Combatants and Others. Hodder and Stoughton, 1916.
Macaulay, Rose. Orphan Island. W. Collins, 1924.
Macaulay, Rose. Personal Pleasures. Victor Gollancz, 1935.
Macaulay, Rose. Pleasure of Ruins. Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1953.
Macaulay, Rose. Potterism. Collins.
Macaulay, Rose. Some Religious Elements in English Literature. Hogarth Press, 1931.
Macaulay, Rose. Staying with Relations. W. Collins, 1930.
Macaulay, Rose. “The First Impact of The Waste LandT.S. Eliot: A Symposium for his Seventieth Birthday, edited by Neville Braybrooke, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1958.
Macaulay, Rose. The Furnace. John Murray, 1907.
Macaulay, Rose. The Lee Shore. Hodder and Stoughton, 1912.