Rosenthal, Lynne. Rumer Godden Revisited. Twayne, 1996.
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Birth | Rumer Godden | The second of four daughters (Jon
, Rumer, Nancy, and Rose), she was born in a blizzard, after her mother had fallen downstairs. Rosenthal, Lynne. Rumer Godden Revisited. Twayne, 1996. 2 Godden, Rumer. A Time to Dance, No Time to Weep. Macmillan, 1987. 12 Some sources wrongly spell the elder sister's name Jan... |
Family and Intimate relationships | Rumer Godden | RG
's sister Jon
, born sixteen months before her, Rumer gives the age-gap as fourteen months, but also says that Jon was born in August one year, herself in December of the next. Godden, Rumer. A Time to Dance, No Time to Weep. Macmillan, 1987. 12 |
Literary responses | Rumer Godden | Though it was a commercial success, Jon Godden
(whom Rumer counted her wisest if sternest critic) wrote of this book that it was well done but was the mixture as before; children, animals, flowers, houses... |
Literary responses | Rumer Godden | RG
told her sister that this book had only a mention of an animal—one cat—hardly any flowers and not a single live child. qtd. in Godden, Rumer. A House with Four Rooms. Macmillan, 1989. 240 |
Literary Setting | Rumer Godden | In this novel RG
fictionalises the life of herself and her elder sister
in India before they went to England in 1920. The younger sister watches enviously her sister's courtship with a young English officer... |
Publishing | Rumer Godden | RG
and her sister Jon
had a joint publication in The Illustrated London News: Rumer's part was poetry, and Jon's illustrations. Godden, Rumer. A Time to Dance, No Time to Weep. Macmillan, 1987. 80-1 |
Residence | Rumer Godden | RG
and her sister Jon
were sent home from India to live for eighteen months with their paternal grandmother and five unmarried aunts in Randolph Gardens, Maida Vale, London. Rosenthal, Lynne. Rumer Godden Revisited. Twayne, 1996. xv, 2 Godden, Rumer. A Time to Dance, No Time to Weep. Macmillan, 1987. 18 |
Residence | Rumer Godden | RG
and her sister Jon
were returned from England to India because of the outbreak of war and the threat of Zeppelins over London. Rosenthal, Lynne. Rumer Godden Revisited. Twayne, 1996. xv, 3 Godden, Rumer. A Time to Dance, No Time to Weep. Macmillan, 1987. 1 |
Textual Production | Rumer Godden | RG
and her sister Jon
co-authored Two Under the Indian Sun; they jointly used the first person plural for their childhood experiences. British Books in Print. J. Whitaker and Sons, 1874–1987. 1967 Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. 18 July 2011, http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true. |
Textual Production | Rumer Godden | She dedicated it To Jon
and the spirit of little Joss, who was born there, and used an epigraph translated from Chinese by Arthur Waley
. Godden, Rumer. Rungli-Rungliot. P. Davies, 1944. prelims |
Travel | Rumer Godden | RG
landed in Calcutta with her mother and elder sister Jon
, her education complete, expected to take up the leisured social life of the English in India. Godden, Rumer. A Time to Dance, No Time to Weep. Macmillan, 1987. 55 |
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