{"product_id":"bryher-two-novels-development-and-two-selves-paperback","title":"Bryher: Two Novels: Development and Two Selves - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBryher\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJoanne Winning\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBryher (born Annie Winifred Ellerman) is perhaps best known today as the lifelong partner of the poet H.D. She was, however, a central figure in modernist and avant-garde cultural experimentation in the early twentieth century; a prolific producer of poetry, novels, autobiography, and criticism; and an intimate and patron of such modernist artists as Gertrude Stein, Marianne Moore, and Dorothy Richardson. Bryher's own path-breaking writing has remained largely neglected, long out of print, and inaccessible to those interested in her oeuvre. Now, for the first time since their original publication in the early 1920s, two of Bryher's pioneering works of fictionalized autobiography, titled \u003ci\u003eDevelopment and Two Selves\u003c\/i\u003e, are reprinted in one volume for a new audience of readers, scholars, and critics. \u003cbr\u003e Blending poetry, prose, and autobiographical details, \u003ci\u003eDevelopment and Two Selves\u003c\/i\u003e together constitute a compelling bildungsroman that is among the first ever to follow a young woman's process of coming out. Through the fictionalized character Nancy, the novels trace Bryher's life through her childhood and young adulthood, giving the reader an account of the development of a unique lesbian, feminist, and modernist consciousness. \u003ci\u003eDevelopment and Two Selves\u003c\/i\u003e recover significant work by one of the first experimenters of the modernist movement and are a welcome reintroduction of the enigmatic Bryher.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBryher (Annie Winifred Ellerman) was a poet, novelist, critic, patron, and editor of the film journal \u003ci\u003eClose Up\u003c\/i\u003e and the literary magazine \u003ci\u003eLife and Letters Today\u003c\/i\u003e. Joanne Winning is lecturer in twentieth-century literature at the School of Humanities and Cultural Studies, Middlesex University, London. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 376\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 30, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42724345872447,"sku":"9780299167745","price":43.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/ac7814def54f71366df87a1cecb4d759_2f8e8260-914f-4bb4-b584-b22d5fac3bb8.webp?v=1765102353","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/bryher-two-novels-development-and-two-selves-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}