New Readings of Elizabeth von Arnim: The Unexpected Modernist

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New Readings of Elizabeth von Arnim: The Unexpected Modernist consolidates the growing field of Elizabeth von Arnim studies and points to new trajectories for further research. Bringing together recognised and emerging scholarly voices and featuring previously unseen archival materials, this volume introduces key contexts for reading von Arnim's work at an important point in her re-appraisal as a writer. Its eleven chapters highlight critical debates related to modernism, feminism and the middlebrow and explore new contexts such as fashion and material culture, medical humanities, ageing studies, music and the visual arts. By focusing on neglected novels from von Arnim's oeuvre and examining better-known work from new perspectives, the volume paves the way for the next decade of von Arnim studies and beyond.

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Jennifer Shepherd is Senior Lecturer in the Department of English Literature and Creative Writing at The Open University. Jennifer was a founding member of the International Elizabeth von Arnim Society and serves on its steering group. Her research interests include women's writing of the early twentieth century, especially as it relates to genre and material culture; the history of middlebrow culture; and discourses of ageing. She has published work on Elizabeth von Arnim, Edith Wharton, the New Woman, imperial romance novels and the history of the motoring movement. Noreen O'Connor is Professor of English at King's College, Pennsylvania. Currently president of the International Elizabeth von Arnim Society, Noreen was a founding member of the society. She co-organized the joint Elizabeth von Arnim and Katherine Mansfield Conference, held in 2017 at the Huntington Library in California. Her research focuses on women modernists, narrative and war trauma, and she has scholarly publications on Edith Wharton, Elizabeth von Arnim, Katherine Mansfield, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Virginia Woolf and Santa Claus.