Richmal Crompton, author of Just William : a literary life / Jane McVeigh.
McVeigh, Jane (Creative writer), author.
2022
PR6023.A516
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Title
Richmal Crompton, author of Just William : a literary life / Jane McVeigh.
Author
McVeigh, Jane (Creative writer), author.
ISBN
9783030965112 (electronic bk.)
3030965112 (electronic bk.)
9783030965105
3030965104
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96511-2
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (black and white, and color).
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-96511-2 doi
Call Number
PR6023.A516
Dewey Decimal Classification
823/.912
Summary
Richmal Crompton, Author of Just William: A Literary Life celebrates the first two William books, Just William (1922) and More William (1922). As well as a study of her famous character William Brown, this book is an introduction to Richmal Cromptons less well-known fiction and a story about her writing life. Her multifaceted identityher deep knowledge of Classical Greek and Latin literature and languages, her life as a disabled writer, and her writing about domestic violence and disabilityplayed a role in her literary persona. Jane McVeigh moves beyond Richmal Cromptons impact on childrens literature and offers an appraisal of all her writing including her novels and short fiction, her media profile on radio and TV, her impact on her readersboth adults and childrenand her international success. Particularly, McVeigh considers Crompton in the context of twentieth century woman writers and the development of crossover fiction for dual audiences. The book argues that as a woman writer pigeon-holed as a writer for children, Cromptons other novels and short stories have been side-lined and overlooked. More than a century after the first book collection of Cromptons William stories was published, this biography places Richmal Crompton among other twentieth century women writers. Jane McVeigh is Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Roehampton, UK where the Richmal Crompton Collection is located.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Literary lives (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
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Richmal Crompton, author of Just William.
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1. Introduction
2. Edward Lamburn and a Classical Education
3. William and Mr Brown
4. Clara Crompton and her Family in Bury
5. William, Mrs Brown and Mothers in Crompton
6. Royal Holloway College, the First World War and Womens Suffrage
7. Birth of Auntie and the Story of a Marriage
8. Birth of Richmal Crompton and William Brown
9. More than Auntie Richmal, the Spinster
10. Polio in Summer 1923
11. Birth of Violet Elizabeth and Introducing William-Lite Characters
12. Growing Up
13. On Stage and in Literary London
14. Richmal Crompton, the Wanderer
15. On the Home Front with William and Richmal
16. William, Flawed Hero
17. William Becomes a Postwar Hero on TV and Radio
18. Richmal Crompton in Her Own Words
19. William, At Home and Abroad
20. Writers' Homage to Crompton and William.

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