Pointed Roofs

By Dorothy M. Richardson

Book Overview

The first chapter-volume of Dorothy Richardson's thirteen-volume novel series Pilgrimage, Pointed Roofsis a coming of age story. The protagonist is Miriam Henderson, seventeen years old. Pointed Roofstells the tale of Miriam's first adventure as an adult, teaching English at a finishing school in Hanover, Germany. Though the tale is simple, it is not simply told; to capture the intensity of Miriam's seemingly mundane experiences, Richardson developed a new narrative technique labelled "stream of consciousness" by the author May Sinclair. Pointed Roofsis a compelling account of a young woman's dawning consciousness of what it means to be independent, an individual, and a woman in the early twentieth century. This Broadview Edition places Richardson's inventive narrative technique in the context of early twentieth-century literary modernism, showing the "startling newness," in May Sinclair's words, of Richardson's writing. Letters from Richardson to friends, publishers, and critics show the complex relationships between her work and life.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1551117991
• ISBN13: 9781551117997
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Broadview Press Inc
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"