{"product_id":"elizabeth-robins-1862-1952-actress-novelist-feminist-paperback-softback-9780817359409","title":"Elizabeth Robins, 1862–1952; Actress, Novelist, Feminist (Paperback \/ softback) 9780817359409","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eElizabeth Robins, 1862–1952\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eActress, Novelist, Feminist\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJoanne E. Gates (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780817359409\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 23 October 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e312 pages, 16 black \u0026amp; white figures\u003cbr\u003e22.6 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.492 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eA model of good research and an excellent scholarly work.\"\" - Jane Marcus, The University of Texas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"An important scholarly achievement. A marvelous work of biographical scholarship, on an important and unjustly neglected figure.\"\" - Kerry Powell, Miami University\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eRobins's writing on behalf of women's rights issues in the first quarter of the twentieth century represents an important contribution to feminist politics.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eWhile buoyed by her early success as an actor, Elizabeth Robins began writing fiction that treated the feminist issues of her time: organized prostitution, women's positions in war-torn England, and the dangers of rearmament. In her acting, writing, and political activism, she consistently challenged existing roles for women.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eRobins published several novels under the pseudonym C. E. Raimond, culminating in the sensational male-female bildungsroman, \u003ci\u003eThe Open Question: A Tale of Two Temperaments\u003c\/i\u003e, set in her native Zanesville, Ohio, the publication of which finally disclosed her identity. Robins' work is marked by a number of true-life components and \u003ci\u003eElizabeth Robins, 1862–1952 \u003c\/i\u003eis the first biography to use the vast collection of her private papers to demonstrate how Robins transformed her own life into literary and dramatic capital.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIllustrations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. “\u003cbr\u003eI Was Born in the Superlative”\u003cbr\u003e: Girlhood and American Stage Career, 1862–\u003cbr\u003e1888\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. The Coming Woman: Early Years in London, 1888–\u003cbr\u003e1892\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. The Power of Anonymity: Free Choices and a Dual Career, 1893–\u003cbr\u003e1896\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Toward the New Century: Further Ambitions, Wider Horizons, 1896–\u003cbr\u003e1900\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. The Magnetic North: Raymond, Alaska, Chinsegut, and “\u003cbr\u003eMy Own Life,”\u003cbr\u003e 1900–\u003cbr\u003e1906\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. Votes for Women: The Suffrage Campaign in England, 1906–\u003cbr\u003e1909\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. Political Crises and a Pilgrimage into the Past, 1909–\u003cbr\u003e1916\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. “\u003cbr\u003eMy Share in Graver Business”\u003cbr\u003e: Fiction and Feminism, 1915–\u003cbr\u003e1924\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbbreviations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"The University of Alabama Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52574398578968,"sku":"9780817359409","price":21.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/elizabeth-robins-1862-1952-actress-novelist-feminist-paperback-softback-9780817359409","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}