Autor: Emma Liggins

This genealogy of the ‘odd woman’ compares representations of spinsters, lesbians and widows in British women’s fiction and auto/biography from the 1850s to the 1930s. Women outside heterosexual marr …

The short story remains a crucial – if neglected – part of British literary heritage. This accessible and up-to-date critical overview maps out the main strands and figures that shaped the British sh …

The First World War was a transformative experience for women, facilitating their entry into new spaces and alternative spheres of activity, both on the home front and on the edges of danger zones in …

The First World War was a transformative experience for women, facilitating their entry into new spaces and alternative spheres of activity, both on the home front and on the edges of danger zones in …

George Gissing’s work reflects his observations of fin-de-siecle London life. Influenced by the French naturalist school, his realist representations of urban culture testify to the significance of t …

George Gissing’s work reflects his observations of fin-de-siecle London life. Influenced by the French naturalist school, his realist representations of urban culture testify to the significance of t …

This genealogy of the ‘odd woman’ compares representations of spinsters, lesbians and widows in British women’s fiction and auto/biography from the 1850s to the 1930s.Women outside heterosexual marri …

This book explores Victorian and modernist haunted houses in female-authored ghost stories as representations of the architectural uncanny. It reconsiders the gendering of the supernatural in terms o …

Single Lives is a collection of singleness studies essays from the interdisciplinary humanities that explores the last two hundred years of literature and popular media by, about, and for single wome …

Single Lives is a collection of singleness studies essays from the interdisciplinary humanities that explores the last two hundred years of literature and popular media by, about, and for single wome …