Political and Social Issues in British Women's Fiction, 1928-1968 & British Women's Comic Fiction, 1890-1990: Not Drowning, But Laughing. .(Book Review)

Elizabeth Maslen. Political and Social Issues in British Women's Fiction, 1928-1968. New York: Palgrave. 2001. Pp. viii, 248. $65.00. ISBN 0-333-72953-6.

Margaret D. Stetz. British Women's Comic Fiction, 1890-1990: Not Drowning, But Laughing. Aldershot: Ashgate. 2001. Pp. xv, 151. $59.95. ISBN 0-7546-0390-3.

The ongoing project of rescuing neglected and out-of-print women writers from the oblivion of their non-canonical status continues even as it has taken a crucial critical turn in recent years. The pressure to affirm their seriousness and originality has receded somewhat, ...

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