In 2003 the former Women's Press editor and critic Sarah LeFanu
published her acclaimed biography of Rose Macaulay with Virago
Press. 'A magnificent job ... imaginative and thoughtful, dense
with distilled information ... LeFanu offers a skilled, visual,
intellectual and emotional picture of a complex woman' -Independent
'A fine biography ... rich and perceptive ... Sarah LeFanu [is] an
able and astute judge of Macaulay's writings' - Times Literary
Supplement As well as writing the biography, LeFanu was keeping a
detailed journal of her research trips and her processes as a
biographer, arguing with herself over what to include, what to
pursue, and what to leave behind. Her immersion in her research led
to Rose intruding in her dreams, and fantastical imaginings of what
Rose would say or do, at each fork in the road. Dreaming of Rose is
a remarkable record of the art of biography, and the search for
another woman's life. Research trips to Varazze in Italy to look
for Rose's childhood, and to Trabzon in Turkey to find traces of
The Towers of Trebizond, were remarkably intuitive ventures that
found treasures in unexpected places. Dreaming of Rose is also a
memoir of a woman juggling the demands of teaching, research and
writing while patching together a living. LeFanu's work on Rose was
squeezed in between many other commitments and responsibilities:
she wrote for the BBC and taught creative writing and English
literature. Suffused with the tensions and dramas of everyday life,
and the necessity for intellectual integrity, this is an important
memoir of women and writing.
General
| Imprint: |
Hand Held Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Handheld Research, 5 |
| Release date: |
July 2021 |
| Authors: |
Sarah Lefanu
|
| Dimensions: |
136 x 214 x 16mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
213 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-912766-52-9 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
1-912766-52-3 |
| Barcode: |
9781912766529 |
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