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Author:

Wade, Francesca author.

Title:

Square haunting : five lives in London between the wars / Francesca Wade.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Tim Duggan Books,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

420 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Subject:

Women authors, English--Homes and haunts--London.--London.
Women authors, English--20th century--Biography.
Mecklenburgh Square (London, England)
Women and literature--Great Britain--History--20th century.
London (England)--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-387) and index.

Contents:

Prologue -- In the Square -- H. D. -- Dorothy l. Sayers -- Jane Ellen Harrison -- Eileen Power -- Virginia Woolf -- After the Square.

Summary:

"In the early twentieth century, Mecklenburgh Square, a hidden architectural gem in the heart of London, was a radical address. On the outskirts of Bloomsbury known for the eponymous group who "lived in squares, painted in circles, and loved in triangles," the square was home to students, struggling artists, and revolutionaries. In the pivotal era between the two world wars, the lives of five remarkable women intertwined at this one address: modernist poet H. D., detective novelist Dorothy L. Sayers, classicist Jane Harrison, economic historian Eileen Power, and author and publisher Virginia Woolf. In an era when women's freedoms were fast expanding, they each sought a space where they could live, love, and above all work independently."-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0451497791
9780451497796

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1140379940

LCCN:

2019055631

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

YXPB162 -- Clarence Public Library (Edna Zybell Memorial Library) (Clarence)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)