Clever Girls and the Literature of Women's Upward Mobility
This book follows the figure of ‘the clever girl’ from the post-war to the present and focuses on the fiction, plays and memoirs of contemporary British women writers. Spurred on by an ethic of meritocracy, the clever girl is now facing austerity and decl
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Clever Girls and the Literature of Women’s Upward Mobility
Mary Eagleton
Clever Girls and the Literature of Women’s Upward Mobility
Mary Eagleton York, UK
ISBN 978-3-319-71960-3 ISBN 978-3-319-71961-0 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71961-0 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017964558 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: iStock / Getty Images Plus Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Acknowledgements
I would like to thank the following friends and colleagues—Kristyn Gorton, Clare Hanson, Maroula Joannou, Emma Parker and Susan Watkins—who, over a period of time, have discussed with me the ideas developed in this study and who have listened to and read much of the material in various formats. They have generously offered both interest and insight. I am also grateful to colleagues at the universities of Brighton, Durham, Leicester, Nottingham, Oxford and Southampton for inviting me to speak on this topic and I greatly appreciate the helpful suggestions and questions from the audiences. Members of the Contemporary Women’s Writing Association continue to provide an informative and stimulating network for any research in this area and I have profited from many conversations, conferences and events. At several points in this study, I draw on material from two previous publications: ‘The Anxious Lives of Clever Girls: The University Novels of Margaret Drabble, A. S. Byatt, and Hilary Mantel’, Tulsa Studies in Women’s Literature Vol. 33, No. 2 (Fall 2015), pp. 103–21, and ‘Finding Her Place: “Success,” Space, and Subjectivity’, Anglo Saxonica Ser.1
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