Uncommon arrangements : seven portraits of married life in London literary circles, 1910-1939 / Katie Roiphe.

Author/creator Roiphe, Katie
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Dial Press, 2007.
Description343 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subjects
Authors, English--20th century. --Biography.
Authors, English--20th century. --Relations with women.
Women authors, English--20th century. --Relations with men.
Marriage.
Man-woman relationships.

Contents Introduction: Marriage à la Mode -- H.G. & Jane Wells -- Katherine Mansfield & John Middleton Murry -- Elizabeth Von Arnim & John Francis Russell -- Vanessa & Clive Bell -- Ottoline & Philip Morrell -- Radclyffe Hall & Una Troubridge -- Vera Brittain & George Gordon Catlin -- Postscript.
Abstract Cultural critic Roiphe delves deeply into one of the most layered of subjects: marriage. Drawn in part from the private memoirs, personal correspondence, and long-forgotten journals of the British literary community from 1910 to the Second World War, here are seven "marriages à la mode"--each rising to the challenge of intimate relations in more or less creative ways: H.G. and Jane Wells; Katherine Mansfield; Vera Brittain and George Gordon Catlin; Vanessa and Clive Bell; and Vanessa's sister Virginia Woolf, herself no stranger to marital particularities, who sustained a brilliant running commentary on the most intimate details of those around her. Every chapter revolves around a crisis that occurred in each of these marriages, and how it was resolved--or not. In these portraits, Roiphe evokes "the fluctuations and shifts in attraction, the mysteries of lasting affection, the endurance and changes in love, and the role of friendship in marriage."--From publisher description.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2007011798
ISBN9780385339377 (hardcover)
ISBN0385339372 (hardcover)

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Joyner General Stacks PR106 .R55 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold