Hayford Hall : hangovers, erotics, and modernist aesthetics / edited by Elizabeth Podnieks and Sandra Chait.

Other author Podnieks, Elizabeth.
Other author Chait, Sandra, 1947-
Format Book
Publication InfoCarbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2005.
Descriptionxi, 223 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Guggenheim, Peggy, 1898-1979--Homes and haunts. --England. --Devon.
English literature--England. --Devon. --History and criticism.
Authors, English--Homes and haunts. --England. --Devon.
Modernism (Literature)--England. --Devon.
Literary landmarks--England. --Devon.
Country homes--England. --Devon.
Hayford Hall (England)
Devon (England)--Social life and customs.
Devon (England)--Intellectual life.
Devon (England)--In literature.

Contents Introduction : "What a heavenly place this is" -- A brief note on the history of Hayford Hall / Malcolm Dunstan -- "Daisy Miller with rather more balls" : biographical notes on Peggy Guggenheim / Mary Dearborn -- Framed liminalities : Antonia White's Beyond the glass and Emily Coleman's The shutter of snow / Julie Vandivere -- Antonia White and the subversion of literary impotence at Hayford Hall / Sandra Jeffery -- "They sat and roared" : Hayford Hall's performance in the diary of Emily Coleman / Elizabeth Podnieks -- The innocent children of Nightwood and Hayford Hall / David Copeland -- "Melancholia, melancholia" : changing black bile into black ink in Djuna Barnes's Nightwood / Martina Stange -- Site also of angst and spiritual search / Sandra Chait -- Conclusion : beyond Buckfastleigh.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 205-213) and index.
LCCN 2004030453
ISBN0809326469 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PR8347.H395 H395 2005 ✔ Available Place Hold