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Long Admired By Readers For Her Wit, Incisiveness, And Comic Flair, Barbara Pym Has Only Begun To Receive Serious Critical Attention In Recent Years. Until Now No Biographer Has Fully Explored The Influence Of Pym's Life Upon Her Work. In This First Critical Biography Anne Wyatt-brown Shows How Pym's Transformation Of Everyday Experiences Into Art Allowed Her To Triumph Over Her Social And Emotional Environments. Whereas Most Literary Biographies Concentrate On The Productive Years Of Their Subjects, This Book Takes A Wider View, Examining Both The Early Influence Of Reading And The Later Effects Of Aging On Pym's Creative Development And On Her Career. Combining Psychoanalytic Insights, Literary Analysis, And Gerontological And Writing Theories, Wyatt-brown Provides A Deeper Understanding Of Pym's Work. Reading Pym's Novels In The Context Of Her Letters, Diaries, And Early Manuscripts, Wyatt-brown Examines The Forces That Hindered Pym's Early Career And Disrupted Her Success At Midlife, When She Became Discouraged By Her Inability To Extend Her Readership. Ironically, In Her Last Years, Ill-health Provided Pym With A New Subject And Unexpectedly Salvaged Her Foundering Career. Wya

Author

Wyatt-Brown, Anne M., 1939-

Publisher

Columbia: University of Missouri Press

Published

1992

Language

EN

ISBN

9780826208200

Subjects

Literary Fiction, History, Biography

Rating

4.7 / 5 (3 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14