Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Mary Lavin
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Standard Name: Lavin, Mary
Birth Name: Mary Lavin
Married Name: Mary Walsh
Married Name: Mary Scott
ML
, an Irishwoman with US experience publishing in the mid and later twentieth century, is primarily known as a writer of short stories (nineteen collections published). She also produced some poetry (early), two novels and two books for children. Most of her stories depict personal struggles among Irish working-class or lower-middle-class characters, often in domestic settings: the intense feelings of people trained not to show their feelings. She is admired for her subtlety, restraint, and acute awareness of social conditioning, especially of women. ML
's work was slow in coming to critical attention. Critics have attributed this neglect to her not being explicitly nationalistic or political.
EW
's friendship with her fellow Mississippian William Faulkner
began from an impromptu postcard he sent her from Hollywood in 1943: Dear Welty: You are doing fine. You are doing all right. . ....
Reception
Virginia Woolf
The first study of VW
was that of Winifred Holtby
in October 1932. Those future writers who did work on VW
during their student days have included Mary Lavin
and Michèle Barrett
. In 1992...