Radclyffe Hall (1880–1943)
Auteur de Le Puits de solitude
A propos de l'auteur
Born Marguerite Radclyffe Hall, the writer called herself John as an adult. Educated at King's College, London, Hall began her career writing poetry set to music and performed prominently before World War I. Under the influence of the socialite Mabel Batten, Hall became devoutly Roman Catholic and afficher plus met Una, Lady Troubridge, who was to become Hall's lifelong companion. The Well of Loneliness (1928), a frank and touching portrayal of lesbian sensibilities, was banned in Britain and America (despite George Bernard Shaw's comment that the novel told of things people should know about), nearly ruining her literary career. Copies of the book were widely confiscated; censors expressed moral outrage, especially because Hall's characters showed no contrition for their "vices" and were portrayed sympathetically. Despite aggressive attempts at censorship, though, audiences clamored for the novel, which attained a strong popularity. Hall wrote of lesbianism as natural and pleaded for tolerance, yet her writing manifests a degree of guilt that in some way affirms her society's widespread prejudice that homosexuality was a deformity. Despite her fierce defense of The Well of Loneliness, none of Hall's later writing explicitly deals with homosexual themes. Still, though Hall was less self-accepting than contemporary gay writers, The Well of Loneliness endures as a relatively rare and valuable documentation of lesbian lives and aesthetics in the early twentieth century. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Œuvres de Radclyffe Hall
Complete Works of Radclyffe Hall 1 exemplaire
Hall, Radclyffe Archive 1 exemplaire
LibriVox Christmas Short Works Collection 2007 1 exemplaire
The Blind Ploughman sheet music 1 exemplaire
Poems of the Past and Present 1 exemplaire
Songs of Sun and Shade 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Chloe Plus Olivia: An Anthology of Lesbian Literature from the 17th Century to the Present (1994) — Contributeur — 447 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Hall, Radclyffe
- Nom légal
- Radclyffe-Hall, Marguerite Antonia
- Date de naissance
- 1880-08-12
- Date de décès
- 1943-10-07
- Lieu de sépulture
- Highgate Cemetery, London, England, UK
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- UK
- Pays (pour la carte)
- England, UK
- Lieu de naissance
- Bournemouth, Hampshire, England, UK
- Lieu du décès
- London, England, UK
- Cause du décès
- cancer
- Lieux de résidence
- Bournemouth, Hampshire, England, UK
London, England, UK
Rye, East Sussex, England, UK - Études
- King's College, London
- Professions
- novelist
poet - Relations
- Troubridge, Una (lover)
- Organisations
- International PEN
Society for Psychical Research
Zoological Society of London - Prix et distinctions
- Gold Medal of the Eichelbergher Humane Award (1930)
Membres
Discussions
Group Read, October 2020: The Well of Loneliness à 1001 Books to read before you die (Octobre 2020)
The Well of Loneliness à Book talk (Mars 2011)
Critiques
Listes
Modernism (1)
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 21
- Aussi par
- 9
- Membres
- 3,380
- Popularité
- #7,539
- Évaluation
- 3.5
- Critiques
- 62
- ISBN
- 91
- Langues
- 13
- Favoris
- 2