Critical studies of GE
's work solo and in relation to other writers or particular themes are legion. Important earlier critics include Barbara Hardy
and U. C. Knoepflmacher
. Inquiries into her relationship to science...
Literary responses
Jane Gardam
This book, in which Gardam draws on the early life of her mother, is probably, she says, her own favourite among her writings.
Miller, Lucasta. “Novel existence”. The Guardian, 30 July 2005.
It was reviewed for the TLS by Barbara Hardy
, who described...
Literary responses
Jane Gardam
This book won the Whitbread Novel Award.
British Council Film and Literature Department, in association with Book Trust. Contemporary Writers in the UK. http://www.contemporarywriters.com.
Barbara Hardy
, who reviewed it for the TLS, described it as a conservative novel wanting to run wild, or a wild novel in the grip of...