Radclyffe Hall (1880–1943)
Autor de El pozo de la soledad
Sobre El Autor
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 mostrar más 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) mostrar menos
Obras de Radclyffe Hall
Complete Works of Radclyffe Hall 1 copia
Hall, Radclyffe Archive 1 copia
The Blind Ploughman sheet music 1 copia
Poems of the Past and Present 1 copia
Songs of Sun and Shade 1 copia
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Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre canónico
- Hall, Radclyffe
- Nombre legal
- Radclyffe-Hall, Marguerite Antonia
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1880-08-12
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1943-10-07
- Lugar de sepultura
- Highgate Cemetery, London, England, UK
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- UK
- País (para mapa)
- England, UK
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Bournemouth, Hampshire, England, UK
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- London, England, UK
- Causa de fallecimiento
- cancer
- Lugares de residencia
- Bournemouth, Hampshire, England, UK
London, England, UK
Rye, East Sussex, England, UK - Educación
- King's College, London
- Ocupaciones
- novelist
poet - Relaciones
- Troubridge, Una (lover)
- Organizaciones
- International PEN
Society for Psychical Research
Zoological Society of London - Premios y honores
- Gold Medal of the Eichelbergher Humane Award (1930)
Miembros
Debates
Group Read, October 2020: The Well of Loneliness en 1001 Books to read before you die (octubre 2020)
The Well of Loneliness en Book talk (marzo 2011)
Reseñas
Listas
Modernism (1)
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- Obras
- 21
- También por
- 9
- Miembros
- 3,380
- Popularidad
- #7,539
- Valoración
- 3.5
- Reseñas
- 62
- ISBNs
- 91
- Idiomas
- 13
- Favorito
- 2