Reappraising Jane Duncan : sexuality, race and colonialism in the My Friends novels
Rita Elizabeth Rippetoe (Author)
"Scottish novelist Jane Duncan's semiautobiographical My Friends series was dismissed by postwar critics as lightweight, at a time when a coterie of "angry young men" monopolized the attention of the British publishing establishment. This book explores Duncan's body of work, out of print for decades, though sought by loyal fans"-- Provided by publisher
Print Book, English, 2017
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina, 2017
Criticism, interpretation, etc
vi, 188 pages ; 23 cm
9780786498871, 0786498870
959536021
Preface
A note on language. Jane Duncan's works
Part I: Jane Duncan: The writer and her work. Who was Jane Duncan? ; "Love is the Law : Sexuality and convention ; "You have to work": Women's labor ; Archaean schist in a volcanic world: Geography from a Reachfar perspective ; "Not like us": Race and ethnicity ; From tinker to toff: Ranking the friends ; "The sun never sets"
Until it does ; "Take no notice": Illness and disability among friends ; Much beloved but soon forgotten: Critical reception of Duncan's novels
Part II: Guides to the novels. My Friends the Miss Boyds ; My Friend Muriel ; My Friend Monica ; My Friend Annie ; My Friend Sandy ; My Friend Marthas Aunt ; My Friend Flora ; My Friend Madame Zora ; My Friend Rose ; My Friend Cousin Emmie ; My Friends the Mrs. Millers ; My Friends from Cairnton ; My Friend My Father ; My Friends the Macleans ; My Friends the Hungry Generation ; My Friend the Swallow ; My Friend Sashie ; My Friends the Misses Kindness ; My Friends George and Tom
Appendix A: Major characters
Appendix B: Scots vocabulary
Works cited
Index