Clever Girls and the Literature of Women's Upward Mobility

by Mary Eagleton

Book Overview

This book follows the figure of 'the clever girl' from the post-war to the present and focuses on the fiction, plays and memoirs of contemporary British women writers. Spurred on by an ethic of meritocracy, the clever girl is now facing austerity and declining social mobility. Though suggesting optimism, a public discourse of 'opportunity', 'aspiration' and 'choice' is often experienced as an anxious and chancy process. In a wide-ranging study,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319891251
• ISBN13: 9783319891255
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"